diff --git a/lib/zlib.js b/lib/zlib.js
index 3b9e522a06c7e5..e85cfa9b1f1b5c 100644
--- a/lib/zlib.js
+++ b/lib/zlib.js
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ function ZlibBase(opts, mode, handle, { flush, finishFlush, fullFlush }) {
   this._defaultFlushFlag = flush;
   this._finishFlushFlag = finishFlush;
   this._defaultFullFlushFlag = fullFlush;
-  this.once('end', this.close);
+  this.once('end', _close.bind(null, this));
   this._info = opts && opts.info;
 }
 ObjectSetPrototypeOf(ZlibBase.prototype, Transform.prototype);
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ function processChunkSync(self, chunk, flushFlag) {
 
 function processChunk(self, chunk, flushFlag, cb) {
   const handle = self._handle;
-  assert(handle, 'zlib binding closed');
+  if (!handle) return process.nextTick(cb);
 
   handle.buffer = chunk;
   handle.cb = cb;
@@ -513,13 +513,9 @@ function processCallback() {
   const self = this[owner_symbol];
   const state = self._writeState;
 
-  if (self._hadError) {
-    this.buffer = null;
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (self.destroyed) {
+  if (self._hadError || self.destroyed) {
     this.buffer = null;
+    this.cb();
     return;
   }
 
@@ -539,6 +535,7 @@ function processCallback() {
   }
 
   if (self.destroyed) {
+    this.cb();
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-zlib-write-after-end.js b/test/parallel/test-zlib-write-after-end.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2b31ff30dc8591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-zlib-write-after-end.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const zlib = require('zlib');
+
+// Regression test for https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/30976
+// Writes to a stream should finish even after the readable side has been ended.
+
+const data = zlib.deflateRawSync('Welcome');
+
+const inflate = zlib.createInflateRaw();
+
+inflate.resume();
+inflate.write(data, common.mustCall());
+inflate.write(Buffer.from([0x00]), common.mustCall());
+inflate.write(Buffer.from([0x00]), common.mustCall());
+inflate.flush(common.mustCall());