diff --git a/swarm/network/stream/stream.go b/swarm/network/stream/stream.go
index ea19d28f05..5770f679c3 100644
--- a/swarm/network/stream/stream.go
+++ b/swarm/network/stream/stream.go
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ type client struct {
 type Client interface {
 	NeedData([]byte) func()
 	BatchDone(string, uint64, []byte, []byte) func() (*TakeoverProof, error)
+	Close()
 }
 
 // nextBatch adjusts the indexes by inspecting the intervals
@@ -344,6 +345,7 @@ func (c *client) batchDone(p *Peer, req *OfferedHashesMsg, hashes []byte) error
 
 func (c *client) close() {
 	close(c.next)
+	c.Close()
 }
 
 // Spec is the spec of the streamer protocol
diff --git a/swarm/network/stream/syncer.go b/swarm/network/stream/syncer.go
index 2369a2ae5f..6d8473afc9 100644
--- a/swarm/network/stream/syncer.go
+++ b/swarm/network/stream/syncer.go
@@ -253,3 +253,5 @@ func (s *SwarmSyncerClient) TakeoverProof(streamName string, from uint64, hashes
 		Sig:      nil,
 	}, nil
 }
+
+func (s *SwarmSyncerClient) Close() {}