diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/proactor_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/proactor_events.py
index 21abff88b5bf401..740b4e9ddff225d 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/proactor_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/proactor_events.py
@@ -164,7 +164,11 @@ def _call_connection_lost(self, exc):
             # just close our end.  First calling shutdown() seems to
             # cure it, but maybe using DisconnectEx() would be better.
             if hasattr(self._sock, 'shutdown') and self._sock.fileno() != -1:
-                self._sock.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+                try:
+                    self._sock.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+                except ConnectionResetError:
+                    # The peer has already reset the connection.
+                    pass
             self._sock.close()
             self._sock = None
             server = self._server
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_proactor_events.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_proactor_events.py
index d25c5fa47d1dc1d..6fb7e4d2d6288b5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_proactor_events.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_proactor_events.py
@@ -336,6 +336,20 @@ def test_call_connection_lost(self):
         self.assertTrue(self.protocol.connection_lost.called)
         self.assertTrue(self.sock.close.called)
 
+    def test_call_connection_lost_shutdown_reset(self):
+        # gh-160429: a ConnectionResetError from shutdown() must not skip
+        # closing the socket and detaching the transport from its server.
+        server = mock.Mock()
+        tr = _ProactorSocketTransport(self.loop, self.sock, self.protocol,
+                                      server=server)
+        self.sock.shutdown.side_effect = ConnectionResetError
+        tr._call_connection_lost(None)
+        self.protocol.connection_lost.assert_called_once_with(None)
+        self.sock.close.assert_called_once_with()
+        server._detach.assert_called_once_with(tr)
+        self.assertIsNone(tr._sock)
+        self.assertTrue(tr._called_connection_lost)
+
     def test_write_eof(self):
         tr = self.socket_transport()
         self.assertTrue(tr.can_write_eof())
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-29-21-43-53.gh-issue-160429.eWapMs.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-29-21-43-53.gh-issue-160429.eWapMs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..cd8bebd8c09acb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-29-21-43-53.gh-issue-160429.eWapMs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix :class:`asyncio.ProactorEventLoop` socket transports leaving the socket
+open, and :meth:`asyncio.Server.wait_closed` hanging, when the peer resets
+the connection while the transport is being closed.