diff --git a/spec/operators/mergeAll-spec.ts b/spec/operators/mergeAll-spec.ts
index bb3ab73e5e..ca28f8e846 100644
--- a/spec/operators/mergeAll-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/operators/mergeAll-spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
-import { mergeAll, mergeMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { mergeAll, mergeMap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { hot, cold, expectObservable, expectSubscriptions } from '../helpers/marble-testing';
 import { throwError, from, of, Observable } from 'rxjs';
 
@@ -413,6 +413,36 @@ describe('mergeAll oeprator', () => {
       () => { done(new Error('should not be called')); });
   });
 
+  it('should finalize generators when merged if the subscription ends', () => {
+    const iterable = {
+      finalized: false,
+      next() {
+        return {value: 'duck', done: false};
+      },
+      return() {
+        this.finalized = true;
+      },
+      [Symbol.iterator]() {
+        return this;
+      }
+    };
+
+    const results: string[] = [];
+
+    const iterableObservable = from<string>(iterable as any);
+    of(iterableObservable).pipe(
+      mergeAll(),
+      take(3)
+    ).subscribe(
+      x => results.push(x),
+      null,
+      () => results.push('GOOSE!')
+    );
+
+    expect(results).to.deep.equal(['duck', 'duck', 'duck', 'GOOSE!']);
+    expect(iterable.finalized).to.be.true;
+  });
+
   type(() => {
     /* tslint:disable:no-unused-variable */
     const source1 = of(1, 2, 3);
diff --git a/src/internal/operators/mergeMap.ts b/src/internal/operators/mergeMap.ts
index 336a484161..2c16de0a53 100644
--- a/src/internal/operators/mergeMap.ts
+++ b/src/internal/operators/mergeMap.ts
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ export class MergeMapSubscriber<T, R> extends OuterSubscriber<T, R> {
   }
 
   private _innerSub(ish: ObservableInput<R>, value: T, index: number): void {
-    this.add(subscribeToResult<T, R>(this, ish, value, index));
+    const innerSubscriber = new InnerSubscriber(this, undefined, undefined);
+    this.add(innerSubscriber);
+    subscribeToResult<T, R>(this, ish, value, index, innerSubscriber);
   }
 
   protected _complete(): void {
diff --git a/src/internal/util/subscribeToResult.ts b/src/internal/util/subscribeToResult.ts
index ba977b2ad9..4a8df42117 100644
--- a/src/internal/util/subscribeToResult.ts
+++ b/src/internal/util/subscribeToResult.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
-
 import { ObservableInput } from '../types';
 import { Subscription } from '../Subscription';
 import { InnerSubscriber } from '../InnerSubscriber';
 import { OuterSubscriber } from '../OuterSubscriber';
+import { Subscriber } from '../Subscriber';
 import { subscribeTo } from './subscribeTo';
 
-export function subscribeToResult<T, R>(outerSubscriber: OuterSubscriber<T, R>,
-                                        result: any,
-                                        outerValue?: T,
-                                        outerIndex?: number): Subscription;
-export function subscribeToResult<T>(outerSubscriber: OuterSubscriber<any, any>,
-                                     result: ObservableInput<T>,
-                                     outerValue?: T,
-                                     outerIndex?: number): Subscription | void {
-  const destination = new InnerSubscriber(outerSubscriber, outerValue, outerIndex);
-
+export function subscribeToResult<T, R>(
+  outerSubscriber: OuterSubscriber<T, R>,
+  result: any,
+  outerValue?: T,
+  outerIndex?: number,
+  destination?: Subscriber<any>
+): Subscription;
+export function subscribeToResult<T, R>(
+  outerSubscriber: OuterSubscriber<T, R>,
+  result: any,
+  outerValue?: T,
+  outerIndex?: number,
+  destination: Subscriber<any> = new InnerSubscriber(outerSubscriber, outerValue, outerIndex)
+): Subscription | void {
+  if (destination.closed) {
+    return;
+  }
   return subscribeTo(result)(destination);
 }