diff --git a/kafka/coordinator/base.py b/kafka/coordinator/base.py
index 0eb7f0eec..5e1f72621 100644
--- a/kafka/coordinator/base.py
+++ b/kafka/coordinator/base.py
@@ -857,14 +857,12 @@ def _disable_heartbeat_thread(self):
                 self._heartbeat_thread.disable()
 
     def _close_heartbeat_thread(self, timeout_ms=None):
-        with self._lock:
-            if self._heartbeat_thread is not None:
-                heartbeat_log.info('Stopping heartbeat thread')
-                try:
-                    self._heartbeat_thread.close(timeout_ms=timeout_ms)
-                except ReferenceError:
-                    pass
-                self._heartbeat_thread = None
+        if self._heartbeat_thread is not None:
+            try:
+                self._heartbeat_thread.close(timeout_ms=timeout_ms)
+            except ReferenceError:
+                pass
+            self._heartbeat_thread = None
 
     def __del__(self):
         try:
@@ -1047,17 +1045,20 @@ def disable(self):
             self.enabled = False
 
     def close(self, timeout_ms=None):
-        if self.closed:
-            return
-        self.closed = True
+        with self.coordinator._lock:
+            if self.closed:
+                return
 
-        # Generally this should not happen - close() is triggered
-        # by the coordinator. But in some cases GC may close the coordinator
-        # from within the heartbeat thread.
-        if threading.current_thread() == self:
-            return
+            heartbeat_log.info('Stopping heartbeat thread')
+            self.closed = True
 
-        with self.coordinator._lock:
+            # Generally this should not happen - close() is triggered
+            # by the coordinator. But in some cases GC may close the coordinator
+            # from within the heartbeat thread.
+            if threading.current_thread() == self:
+                return
+
+            # Notify coordinator lock to wake thread from sleep/lock.wait
             self.coordinator._lock.notify()
 
         if self.is_alive():