diff --git a/bluetooth/1.0/default/h4_protocol.cc b/bluetooth/1.0/default/h4_protocol.cc
index 163cc333c4..df4050771f 100644
--- a/bluetooth/1.0/default/h4_protocol.cc
+++ b/bluetooth/1.0/default/h4_protocol.cc
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ void H4Protocol::OnDataReady(int fd) {
     ssize_t bytes_read = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(fd, buffer, 1));
     if (bytes_read != 1) {
       if (bytes_read == 0) {
-        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("%s: Unexpected EOF reading the packet type!",
-                         __func__);
+        // This is only expected if the UART got closed when shutting down.
+        ALOGE("%s: Unexpected EOF reading the packet type!", __func__);
+        sleep(5);  // Expect to be shut down within 5 seconds.
+        return;
       } else if (bytes_read < 0) {
         LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("%s: Read packet type error: %s", __func__,
                          strerror(errno));
diff --git a/bluetooth/1.0/default/hci_packetizer.cc b/bluetooth/1.0/default/hci_packetizer.cc
index fde08ac1cb..71f43284b1 100644
--- a/bluetooth/1.0/default/hci_packetizer.cc
+++ b/bluetooth/1.0/default/hci_packetizer.cc
@@ -56,9 +56,13 @@ void HciPacketizer::OnDataReady(int fd, HciPacketType packet_type) {
       ssize_t bytes_read = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(
           read(fd, preamble_ + bytes_read_,
                preamble_size_for_type[packet_type] - bytes_read_));
-      if (bytes_read <= 0) {
-        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF((bytes_read == 0),
-                            "%s: Unexpected EOF reading the header!", __func__);
+      if (bytes_read == 0) {
+        // This is only expected if the UART got closed when shutting down.
+        ALOGE("%s: Unexpected EOF reading the header!", __func__);
+        sleep(5);  // Expect to be shut down within 5 seconds.
+        return;
+      }
+      if (bytes_read < 0) {
         LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("%s: Read header error: %s", __func__,
                          strerror(errno));
       }
@@ -80,10 +84,13 @@ void HciPacketizer::OnDataReady(int fd, HciPacketType packet_type) {
           fd,
           packet_.data() + preamble_size_for_type[packet_type] + bytes_read_,
           bytes_remaining_));
-      if (bytes_read <= 0) {
-        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF((bytes_read == 0),
-                            "%s: Unexpected EOF reading the payload!",
-                            __func__);
+      if (bytes_read == 0) {
+        // This is only expected if the UART got closed when shutting down.
+        ALOGE("%s: Unexpected EOF reading the payload!", __func__);
+        sleep(5);  // Expect to be shut down within 5 seconds.
+        return;
+      }
+      if (bytes_read < 0) {
         LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("%s: Read payload error: %s", __func__,
                          strerror(errno));
       }