diff --git a/warcprox/mitmproxy.py b/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
index 1b7dcbd..6d87470 100644
--- a/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
+++ b/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
@@ -465,13 +465,15 @@ class MitmProxyHandler(http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             buf = prox_rec_res.read(65536)
             while buf != b'':
                 buf = prox_rec_res.read(65536)
-                if self._max_resource_size:
-                    if prox_rec_res.recorder.len > self._max_resource_size:
-                        prox_rec_res.truncated = b'length'
-                        self.logger.error(
-                            'Max resource size %d bytes exceeded for URL %s',
+                if (self._max_resource_size and
+                        prox_rec_res.recorder.len > self._max_resource_size):
+                    prox_rec_res.truncated = b'length'
+                    self._remote_server_conn.sock.close()
+                    self.logger.info(
+                            'truncating response because max resource size %d '
+                            'bytes exceeded for URL %s',
                             self._max_resource_size, self.url)
-                        break
+                    break
 
             self.log_request(prox_rec_res.status, prox_rec_res.recorder.len)
             # Let's close off the remote end. If remote connection is fine,