diff --git a/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/ui/rooms/ChatRoomImpl.java b/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/ui/rooms/ChatRoomImpl.java
index 6365a5b8b..4f93cf8ae 100644
--- a/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/ui/rooms/ChatRoomImpl.java
+++ b/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/ui/rooms/ChatRoomImpl.java
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ public class ChatRoomImpl extends ChatRoom {
     public void closeChatRoom() {
         super.closeChatRoom();
 
+        SparkManager.getMessageEventManager().removeMessageEventRequestListener(messageEventRequestListener);
+
         SparkManager.getChatManager().removeChat(this);
 
         SparkManager.getConnection().removePacketListener(this);