diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/OutOfProcTransportManager.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/OutOfProcTransportManager.cs
index a1a8972ca..90a5be4cf 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/OutOfProcTransportManager.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/OutOfProcTransportManager.cs
@@ -1511,8 +1511,10 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Remoting.Client
                 while (true)
                 {
                     string error = ReadError(reader);
-                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(error))
+
+                    if (error.Length == 0)
                     {
+                        // Ignore
                         continue;
                     }
 
@@ -1524,6 +1526,10 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Remoting.Client
                     HandleSSHError(psrte);
                 }
             }
+            catch (ObjectDisposedException)
+            {
+                // Normal reader thread end.
+            }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
                 string errorMsg = (e.Message != null) ? e.Message : string.Empty;
@@ -1548,7 +1554,13 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Remoting.Client
             // Blocking read from StdError stream
             string error = reader.ReadLine();
 
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(error) ||
+            if (error == null)
+            {
+                // Stream is closed unexpectedly.
+                throw new PSInvalidOperationException(RemotingErrorIdStrings.SSHAbruptlyTerminated);
+            }
+
+            if ((error.Length == 0) ||
                 error.IndexOf("WARNING:", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) > -1)
             {
                 // Handle as interactive warning message
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/RemotingErrorIdStrings.resx b/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/RemotingErrorIdStrings.resx
index 9baf3b5ac..7b21c4be9 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/RemotingErrorIdStrings.resx
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/RemotingErrorIdStrings.resx
@@ -1636,4 +1636,7 @@ All WinRM sessions connected to Windows PowerShell session configurations, such
   <data name="InvalidRoleCapabilityFileExtension" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>The provided role capability file {0} does not have the required .psrc extension.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="SSHAbruptlyTerminated" >
+    <value>The SSH transport process has abruptly terminated causing this remote session to break.</value>
+  </data>
 </root>