diff --git a/taskflow/jobs/backends/impl_zookeeper.py b/taskflow/jobs/backends/impl_zookeeper.py
index 158e2357f..dd2392e95 100644
--- a/taskflow/jobs/backends/impl_zookeeper.py
+++ b/taskflow/jobs/backends/impl_zookeeper.py
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ class ZookeeperJobBoard(base.NotifyingJobBoard):
         self._emit_notifications = bool(emit_notifications)
         self._connected = False
         self._suspended = False
+        self._closing = False
         self._last_states = collections.deque(maxlen=self.STATE_HISTORY_LENGTH)
 
     def _try_emit(self, state, details):
@@ -748,7 +749,11 @@ class ZookeeperJobBoard(base.NotifyingJobBoard):
         self._last_states.appendleft(state)
         if state == k_states.KazooState.LOST:
             self._connected = False
-            LOG.warning("Connection to zookeeper has been lost")
+            # When the client is itself closing itself down this will be
+            # triggered, but in that case we expect it, so we don't need
+            # to emit a warning message.
+            if not self._closing:
+                LOG.warning("Connection to zookeeper has been lost")
         elif state == k_states.KazooState.SUSPENDED:
             LOG.warning("Connection to zookeeper has been suspended")
             self._suspended = True
@@ -790,6 +795,7 @@ class ZookeeperJobBoard(base.NotifyingJobBoard):
     def close(self):
         if self._owned:
             LOG.debug("Stopping client")
+            self._closing = True
             kazoo_utils.finalize_client(self._client)
         if self._worker is not None:
             LOG.debug("Shutting down the notifier")
@@ -818,6 +824,7 @@ class ZookeeperJobBoard(base.NotifyingJobBoard):
             if timeout is not None:
                 timeout = float(timeout)
             self._client.start(timeout=timeout)
+            self._closing = False
         except (self._client.handler.timeout_exception,
                 k_exceptions.KazooException):
             excp.raise_with_cause(excp.JobFailure,