diff --git a/packages/pg-protocol/src/buffer-writer.ts b/packages/pg-protocol/src/buffer-writer.ts
index cebb0d9ed..bd6b6b429 100644
--- a/packages/pg-protocol/src/buffer-writer.ts
+++ b/packages/pg-protocol/src/buffer-writer.ts
@@ -82,4 +82,9 @@ export class Writer {
     this.buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(this.size)
     return result
   }
+
+  public clear(): void {
+    this.offset = 5
+    this.headerPosition = 0
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/pg-protocol/src/outbound-serializer.test.ts b/packages/pg-protocol/src/outbound-serializer.test.ts
index 0d3e387e4..d19a8c9af 100644
--- a/packages/pg-protocol/src/outbound-serializer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/pg-protocol/src/outbound-serializer.test.ts
@@ -273,4 +273,62 @@ describe('serializer', () => {
     const expected = new BufferList().addInt16(1234).addInt16(5678).addInt32(3).addInt32(4).join(true)
     assert.deepEqual(actual, expected)
   })
+
+  describe('bind error recovery', () => {
+    const throwingMapper = () => {
+      throw new Error('valueMapper error')
+    }
+
+    it('produces correct bind output after a valueMapper exception', () => {
+      assert.throws(() => {
+        serialize.bind({
+          values: ['fail'],
+          valueMapper: throwingMapper,
+        })
+      }, /valueMapper error/)
+
+      const actual = serialize.bind({
+        portal: 'bang',
+        statement: 'woo',
+        values: ['1', 'hi', null, 'zing'],
+      })
+      const expectedBuffer = new BufferList()
+        .addCString('bang')
+        .addCString('woo')
+        .addInt16(4)
+        .addInt16(0)
+        .addInt16(0)
+        .addInt16(0)
+        .addInt16(0)
+        .addInt16(4)
+        .addInt32(1)
+        .add(Buffer.from('1'))
+        .addInt32(2)
+        .add(Buffer.from('hi'))
+        .addInt32(-1)
+        .addInt32(4)
+        .add(Buffer.from('zing'))
+        .addInt16(1)
+        .addInt16(0)
+        .join(true, 'B')
+      assert.deepEqual(actual, expectedBuffer)
+    })
+
+    it('produces correct output from other serializer methods after a failed bind', () => {
+      assert.throws(() => {
+        serialize.bind({
+          values: ['fail'],
+          valueMapper: throwingMapper,
+        })
+      }, /valueMapper error/)
+
+      const parseActual = serialize.parse({ text: '!' })
+      const parseExpected = new BufferList().addCString('').addCString('!').addInt16(0).join(true, 'P')
+      assert.deepEqual(parseActual, parseExpected)
+
+      const queryActual = serialize.query('select 1')
+      const queryExpected = new BufferList().addCString('select 1').join(true, 'Q')
+      assert.deepEqual(queryActual, queryExpected)
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/pg-protocol/src/serializer.ts b/packages/pg-protocol/src/serializer.ts
index bb0441f56..4ad42ba06 100644
--- a/packages/pg-protocol/src/serializer.ts
+++ b/packages/pg-protocol/src/serializer.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,13 @@ const bind = (config: BindOpts = {}): Buffer => {
   writer.addCString(portal).addCString(statement)
   writer.addInt16(len)
 
-  writeValues(values, config.valueMapper)
+  try {
+    writeValues(values, config.valueMapper)
+  } catch (err) {
+    writer.clear()
+    paramWriter.clear()
+    throw err
+  }
 
   writer.addInt16(len)
   writer.add(paramWriter.flush())
diff --git a/packages/pg/lib/query.js b/packages/pg/lib/query.js
index 64aab5ff2..04e1c1d65 100644
--- a/packages/pg/lib/query.js
+++ b/packages/pg/lib/query.js
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ class Query extends EventEmitter {
         valueMapper: utils.prepareValue,
       })
     } catch (err) {
+      // we should close parse to avoid leaking connections
+      connection.close({ type: 'S', name: this.name })
+      connection.sync()
+
       this.handleError(err, connection)
       return
     }
diff --git a/packages/pg/test/unit/client/throw-in-bind-tests.js b/packages/pg/test/unit/client/throw-in-bind-tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b460b9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pg/test/unit/client/throw-in-bind-tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+'use strict'
+const helper = require('./test-helper')
+const Query = require('../../../lib/query')
+const assert = require('assert')
+
+const suite = new helper.Suite()
+
+const bindError = new Error('TEST: Throw in bind')
+
+const setupClient = function () {
+  const client = helper.client()
+  const con = client.connection
+  const calls = { parse: 0, sync: 0, describe: 0, execute: 0, close: 0 }
+
+  con.parse = function () {
+    calls.parse++
+  }
+  con.bind = function () {
+    throw bindError
+  }
+  con.describe = function () {
+    calls.describe++
+    assert.fail('describe should not be called when bind throws')
+  }
+  con.execute = function () {
+    calls.execute++
+    assert.fail('execute should not be called when bind throws')
+  }
+  con.close = function () {
+    calls.close++
+  }
+  con.sync = function () {
+    calls.sync++
+  }
+
+  return { client, con, calls }
+}
+
+suite.test('calls callback with error when bind throws', function (done) {
+  const { client, con, calls } = setupClient()
+  con.emit('readyForQuery')
+  client.query(
+    new Query({
+      text: 'select $1',
+      values: ['x'],
+      callback: function (err) {
+        assert.equal(err, bindError)
+        assert.equal(calls.sync, 1, 'sync should be called once')
+        assert.equal(calls.describe, 0, 'describe should not be called')
+        assert.equal(calls.execute, 0, 'execute should not be called')
+        done()
+      },
+    })
+  )
+})
+
+suite.test('emits error event when bind throws (no callback)', function (done) {
+  const { client, con, calls } = setupClient()
+  con.emit('readyForQuery')
+  const query = new Query({
+    text: 'select $1',
+    values: ['x'],
+  })
+  query.on('error', function (err) {
+    assert.equal(err, bindError)
+    assert.equal(calls.sync, 1, 'sync should be called once')
+    done()
+  })
+  client.query(query)
+})
+
+suite.test('send close when bind throws', function (done) {
+  const { client, con, calls } = setupClient()
+  con.emit('readyForQuery')
+  client.query(
+    new Query({
+      text: 'select $1',
+      values: ['x'],
+      callback: function (err) {
+        assert.equal(err, bindError)
+        assert.equal(calls.close, 1, 'close should be called')
+        done()
+      },
+    })
+  )
+})