diff --git a/server/session.go b/server/session.go
index 2b66f61b..e3a4dfc4 100644
--- a/server/session.go
+++ b/server/session.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package server
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/url"
 	"sync"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 // --- Session
 
 type session struct {
+	io.Closer
 	sync.Mutex
 	id             SessionId
 	clientIdentity string
@@ -75,7 +77,9 @@ func startSession(sessionId SessionId, sessionMetadata *proto.SessionMetadata, s
 	return s
 }
 
-func (s *session) closeChannels() {
+func (s *session) Close() {
+	s.Lock()
+	defer s.Unlock()
 	s.cancel()
 	if s.heartbeatCh != nil {
 		close(s.heartbeatCh)
@@ -84,11 +88,6 @@ func (s *session) closeChannels() {
 	s.log.Debug("Session channels closed")
 }
 
-func (s *session) close() error {
-	s.log.Info("Session closing")
-	return s.delete()
-}
-
 func (s *session) delete() error {
 	// Delete ephemeral data associated with this session
 	sessionKey := SessionKey(s.id)
@@ -171,8 +170,7 @@ func (s *session) waitForHeartbeats() {
 		case <-timeoutCh:
 			s.log.Warn("Session expired")
 
-			s.Lock()
-			s.closeChannels()
+			s.Close()
 			err := s.delete()
 
 			if err != nil {
@@ -181,7 +179,6 @@ func (s *session) waitForHeartbeats() {
 					slog.Any("error", err),
 				)
 			}
-			s.Unlock()
 
 			s.sm.Lock()
 			s.sm.sessions.Remove(s.id)
diff --git a/server/session_manager.go b/server/session_manager.go
index 8d9bd134..648c9210 100644
--- a/server/session_manager.go
+++ b/server/session_manager.go
@@ -202,10 +202,10 @@ func (sm *sessionManager) CloseSession(request *proto.CloseSessionRequest) (*pro
 	}
 	sm.sessions.Remove(s.id)
 	sm.Unlock()
-	s.Lock()
-	defer s.Unlock()
-	s.closeChannels()
-	err = s.close()
+
+	s.log.Info("Session closing")
+	s.Close()
+	err = s.delete()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -295,9 +295,7 @@ func (sm *sessionManager) Close() error {
 	sm.cancel()
 	for _, s := range sm.sessions.Values() {
 		sm.sessions.Remove(s.id)
-		s.Lock()
-		s.closeChannels()
-		s.Unlock()
+		s.Close()
 	}
 
 	sm.activeSessions.Unregister()