diff --git a/lumberjack.go b/lumberjack.go
index 3447cdc..f81054a 100644
--- a/lumberjack.go
+++ b/lumberjack.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Note that this is v2.0 of lumberjack, and should be imported using gopkg.in
 // thusly:
 //
-//   import "gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2"
+//	import "gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2"
 //
 // The package name remains simply lumberjack, and the code resides at
 // https://github.com/natefinch/lumberjack under the v2.0 branch.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ var _ io.WriteCloser = (*Logger)(nil)
 // `/var/log/foo/server.log`, a backup created at 6:30pm on Nov 11 2016 would
 // use the filename `/var/log/foo/server-2016-11-04T18-30-00.000.log`
 //
-// Cleaning Up Old Log Files
+// # Cleaning Up Old Log Files
 //
 // Whenever a new logfile gets created, old log files may be deleted.  The most
 // recent files according to the encoded timestamp will be retained, up to a
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ type Logger struct {
 	file *os.File
 	mu   sync.Mutex
 
-	millCh    chan bool
+	millCh    chan struct{}
+	closeCh   chan struct{}
+	closed    bool
 	startMill sync.Once
 }
 
@@ -135,7 +137,9 @@ var (
 func (l *Logger) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	l.mu.Lock()
 	defer l.mu.Unlock()
-
+	if l.closed {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("logger has been closed")
+	}
 	writeLen := int64(len(p))
 	if writeLen > l.max() {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf(
@@ -162,9 +166,15 @@ func (l *Logger) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 }
 
 // Close implements io.Closer, and closes the current logfile.
+// After Close, the logger can not be used
 func (l *Logger) Close() error {
 	l.mu.Lock()
 	defer l.mu.Unlock()
+	l.closed = true
+	if l.closeCh == nil {
+
+		l.closeCh <- struct{}{}
+	}
 	return l.close()
 }
 
@@ -186,6 +196,9 @@ func (l *Logger) close() error {
 func (l *Logger) Rotate() error {
 	l.mu.Lock()
 	defer l.mu.Unlock()
+	if l.closed {
+		return fmt.Errorf("logger has been closed")
+	}
 	return l.rotate()
 }
 
@@ -376,9 +389,13 @@ func (l *Logger) millRunOnce() error {
 // millRun runs in a goroutine to manage post-rotation compression and removal
 // of old log files.
 func (l *Logger) millRun() {
-	for range l.millCh {
-		// what am I going to do, log this?
-		_ = l.millRunOnce()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-l.millCh:
+			_ = l.millRunOnce()
+		case <-l.closeCh:
+			return
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -386,13 +403,11 @@ func (l *Logger) millRun() {
 // starting the mill goroutine if necessary.
 func (l *Logger) mill() {
 	l.startMill.Do(func() {
-		l.millCh = make(chan bool, 1)
+		l.millCh = make(chan struct{})
+		l.closeCh = make(chan struct{})
 		go l.millRun()
 	})
-	select {
-	case l.millCh <- true:
-	default:
-	}
+	l.millCh <- struct{}{}
 }
 
 // oldLogFiles returns the list of backup log files stored in the same
diff --git a/lumberjack_test.go b/lumberjack_test.go
index f89756c..480a7df 100644
--- a/lumberjack_test.go
+++ b/lumberjack_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -770,3 +772,82 @@ func exists(path string, t testing.TB) {
 	_, err := os.Stat(path)
 	assertUp(err == nil, t, 1, "expected file to exist, but got error from os.Stat: %v", err)
 }
+
+func TestClose(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
+	assertUp(err == nil, t, 1, "expected to create temp dir but failed with error:%v", err)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmp)
+	runtime.GC()
+	grs := runtime.NumGoroutine()
+	tmpfile := filepath.Join(tmp, "tmp.log")
+	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
+		logger := Logger{
+			Filename:   tmpfile,
+			MaxSize:    1,
+			MaxBackups: 1,
+			Compress:   true,
+		}
+		logger.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d\n", i)))
+		logger.Close()
+	}
+	runtime.GC()
+	grs2 := runtime.NumGoroutine()
+	assertUp(grs == grs2, t, 1, "expected goroutine number %d but got %d", grs, grs2)
+}
+
+func TestCloseLargeFile(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
+	assertUp(err == nil, t, 1, "expected to create temp dir but failed with error:%v", err)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmp)
+	runtime.GC()
+	grs := runtime.NumGoroutine()
+
+	content := repeatCharString("*", 1024*1025)
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		tmpfile := filepath.Join(tmp, fmt.Sprintf("tmp_%d.log", i))
+		f, err := os.Create(tmpfile)
+		assertUp(err == nil, t, 1, "expected create tmp file but got err :%v", err)
+		_, err = f.WriteString(content)
+		assertUp(err == nil, t, 1, "expected write tmp file but got err :%v", err)
+		err = f.Close()
+		assertUp(err == nil, t, 1, "expected close tmp file but got err :%v", err)
+		logger := Logger{
+			Filename:   tmpfile,
+			MaxSize:    1,
+			MaxBackups: 101,
+			Compress:   true,
+		}
+		err = logger.Rotate()
+		assertUp(err == nil, t, 1, "expected Rotate logger but got err :%v", err)
+		err = logger.Close()
+		assertUp(err == nil, t, 1, "expected close logger but got err :%v", err)
+	}
+	count := getDirFileCount(tmp, ".log.gz")
+	assertUp(count == 100, t, 1, "expected log.gz file 100 but got %d", count)
+	runtime.GC()
+	grs2 := runtime.NumGoroutine()
+	assertUp(grs == grs2, t, 1, "expected goroutine number %d but got %d", grs, grs2)
+}
+
+func repeatCharString(cs string, repeat int) string {
+	var builder strings.Builder
+	builder.Grow(len(cs) * repeat)
+	for i := 0; i < repeat; i++ {
+		builder.WriteString(cs)
+	}
+	return builder.String()
+}
+func getDirFileCount(dir string, suffix string) (num int) {
+	if fs, err := os.ReadDir(dir); err == nil {
+		for _, entry := range fs {
+			if entry.IsDir() {
+				num += getDirFileCount(filepath.Join(dir, entry.Name()), suffix)
+			} else {
+				if suffix == "" || strings.HasSuffix(entry.Name(), suffix) {
+					num++
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}