diff --git a/app/lib/services/sockets/composite_transcription_socket.dart b/app/lib/services/sockets/composite_transcription_socket.dart
index 4b6e992c59c..69358e2f50b 100644
--- a/app/lib/services/sockets/composite_transcription_socket.dart
+++ b/app/lib/services/sockets/composite_transcription_socket.dart
@@ -90,9 +90,13 @@ class CompositeTranscriptionSocket implements IPureSocket {
     CustomSttLogService.instance.info('Composite', 'Disconnecting...');
     DebugLogManager.logEvent('composite_socket_disconnecting', {});
 
+    // Mark disconnected before touching the children: their disconnect()
+    // fires onClosed, which would otherwise hit _onSocketClosed while the
+    // composite still looks connected and trigger a spurious
+    // "socket closed unexpectedly" teardown on top of this intentional one.
+    _status = PureSocketStatus.disconnected;
     await _disconnectBothQuietly();
 
-    _status = PureSocketStatus.disconnected;
     onClosed();
   }
 
@@ -101,9 +105,9 @@ class CompositeTranscriptionSocket implements IPureSocket {
     CustomSttLogService.instance.info('Composite', 'Stopping...');
     DebugLogManager.logEvent('composite_socket_stopping', {});
 
-    await Future.wait([primarySocket.stop(), secondarySocket.stop()]);
-
+    // Same ordering requirement as disconnect().
     _status = PureSocketStatus.disconnected;
+    await Future.wait([primarySocket.stop(), secondarySocket.stop()]);
   }
 
   /// Called when either socket closes unexpectedly