diff --git a/CefSharp/ResourceHandler.cs b/CefSharp/ResourceHandler.cs
index d5fa8dbe3b..f17890d316 100644
--- a/CefSharp/ResourceHandler.cs
+++ b/CefSharp/ResourceHandler.cs
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public static IResourceHandler ForErrorMessage(string errorMessage, HttpStatusCo
         {
             var stream = GetMemoryStream(errorMessage, Encoding.UTF8);
 
-            var resourceHandler = FromStream(stream);
+            var resourceHandler = FromStream(stream, autoDisposeStream: true);
             resourceHandler.StatusCode = (int)statusCode;
 
             return resourceHandler;