diff --git a/firebase-firestore/CHANGELOG.md b/firebase-firestore/CHANGELOG.md
index e89f4d95e4d..e54bd037d93 100644
--- a/firebase-firestore/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/firebase-firestore/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Unreleased
 * [fixed] Fixed the `null` value handling in `whereNotEqualTo` and `whereNotIn` filters.
+* [fixed] Catch exception when stream is already cancelled during close. [#6894](//github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6894)
 
 # 25.1.3
 * [fixed] Use lazy encoding in UTF-8 encoded byte comparison for strings to solve performance issues. [#6706](//github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/pull/6706)
diff --git a/firebase-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/firestore/remote/AbstractStream.java b/firebase-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/firestore/remote/AbstractStream.java
index c1cd01dfbe9..963cb4ca532 100644
--- a/firebase-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/firestore/remote/AbstractStream.java
+++ b/firebase-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/firestore/remote/AbstractStream.java
@@ -352,7 +352,21 @@ private void close(State finalState, Status status) {
             getClass().getSimpleName(),
             "(%x) Closing stream client-side",
             System.identityHashCode(this));
-        call.halfClose();
+        try {
+          call.halfClose();
+        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+          // Secondary failure encountered. The underlying RPC has entered an error state. We will
+          // log and continue since the RPC is being discarded anyway.
+          //
+          // Example, "IllegalStateException: call was cancelled" was observed in
+          // https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/issues/6883
+          // Likely caused by other part of system already cancelling stream.
+          Logger.debug(
+              getClass().getSimpleName(),
+              "(%x) Closing stream client-side result in exception: [%s]",
+              System.identityHashCode(this),
+              e);
+        }
       }
       call = null;
     }