diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
index 6c8ee75cbc..3113c25511 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
@@ -228,9 +228,20 @@ export class Route extends ChannelOwner<channels.RouteChannel, channels.RouteIni
     return Request.from(this._initializer.request);
   }
 
+  private _raceWithPageClose(promise: Promise<any>): Promise<void> {
+    const page = this.request().frame()._page;
+    // When page closes or crashes, we catch any potential rejects from this Route.
+    // Note that page could be missing when routing popup's initial request that
+    // does not have a Page initialized just yet.
+    return Promise.race([
+      promise,
+      page ? page._closedOrCrashedPromise : Promise.resolve(),
+    ]);
+  }
+
   async abort(errorCode?: string) {
     return this._wrapApiCall(async (channel: channels.RouteChannel) => {
-      await channel.abort({ errorCode });
+      await this._raceWithPageClose(channel.abort({ errorCode }));
     });
   }
 
@@ -271,13 +282,13 @@ export class Route extends ChannelOwner<channels.RouteChannel, channels.RouteIni
       if (length && !('content-length' in headers))
         headers['content-length'] = String(length);
 
-      await channel.fulfill({
+      await this._raceWithPageClose(channel.fulfill({
         status: statusOption || 200,
         headers: headersObjectToArray(headers),
         body,
         isBase64,
         fetchResponseUid
-      });
+      }));
     });
   }
 
@@ -292,12 +303,12 @@ export class Route extends ChannelOwner<channels.RouteChannel, channels.RouteIni
   private async _continue(options: { url?: string, method?: string, headers?: Headers, postData?: string | Buffer }, isInternal?: boolean) {
     return await this._wrapApiCall(async (channel: channels.RouteChannel) => {
       const postDataBuffer = isString(options.postData) ? Buffer.from(options.postData, 'utf8') : options.postData;
-      await channel.continue({
+      await this._raceWithPageClose(channel.continue({
         url: options.url,
         method: options.method,
         headers: options.headers ? headersObjectToArray(options.headers) : undefined,
         postData: postDataBuffer ? postDataBuffer.toString('base64') : undefined,
-      });
+      }));
     }, undefined, isInternal);
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/page/page-request-continue.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-request-continue.spec.ts
index 6a7836c1fd..1ef212cf0e 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-request-continue.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-request-continue.spec.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,30 @@ it('should not allow changing protocol when overriding url', async ({ page, serv
   expect(error.message).toContain('New URL must have same protocol as overridden URL');
 });
 
+it('should not throw when continuing while page is closing', async ({ page, server }) => {
+  let done;
+  await page.route('**/*', async route => {
+    done = Promise.all([
+      route.continue(),
+      page.close(),
+    ]);
+  });
+  const error = await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE).catch(e => e);
+  await done;
+  expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+});
+
+it('should not throw when continuing after page is closed', async ({ page, server }) => {
+  let done;
+  await page.route('**/*', async route => {
+    await page.close();
+    done = route.continue();
+  });
+  const error = await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE).catch(e => e);
+  await done;
+  expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+});
+
 it('should override method along with url', async ({ page, server }) => {
   const request = server.waitForRequest('/empty.html');
   await page.route('**/foo', route => {