diff --git a/pgconn.go b/pgconn.go
index 7d437434..4f3cdd66 100644
--- a/pgconn.go
+++ b/pgconn.go
@@ -1257,15 +1257,19 @@ func (pgConn *PgConn) ExecBatch(ctx context.Context, batch *Batch) *MultiResultR
 	pgConn.doneChanToDeadline.start(ctx.Done(), pgConn.conn)
 
 	batch.buf = (&pgproto3.Sync{}).Encode(batch.buf)
-	_, err := pgConn.conn.Write(batch.buf)
-	if err != nil {
-		pgConn.hardClose()
-		pgConn.doneChanToDeadline.cleanup()
-		multiResult.closed = true
-		multiResult.err = preferContextOverNetTimeoutError(ctx, err)
-		pgConn.unlock()
-		return multiResult
-	}
+
+	// A large batch can deadlock without concurrent reading and writing. If the Write fails the underlying net.Conn is
+	// closed. This is all that can be done without introducing a race condition or adding a concurrent safe communication
+	// channel to relay the error back. The practical effect of this is that the underlying Write error is not reported.
+	// The error the code reading the batch results receives will be a closed connection error.
+	//
+	// See https://github.com/jackc/pgx/issues/374.
+	go func() {
+		_, err := pgConn.conn.Write(batch.buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			pgConn.conn.Close()
+		}
+	}()
 
 	return multiResult
 }
diff --git a/pgconn_test.go b/pgconn_test.go
index d31e8cc9..25cc3ee3 100644
--- a/pgconn_test.go
+++ b/pgconn_test.go
@@ -682,6 +682,60 @@ func TestConnExecBatchPrecanceled(t *testing.T) {
 	ensureConnValid(t, pgConn)
 }
 
+// Without concurrent reading and writing large batches can deadlock.
+//
+// See https://github.com/jackc/pgx/issues/374.
+func TestConnExecBatchHuge(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	pgConn, err := pgconn.Connect(context.Background(), os.Getenv("PGX_TEST_DATABASE"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer closeConn(t, pgConn)
+
+	batch := &pgconn.Batch{}
+
+	queryCount := 100000
+	args := make([]string, queryCount)
+
+	for i := range args {
+		args[i] = strconv.Itoa(i)
+		batch.ExecParams("select $1::text", [][]byte{[]byte(args[i])}, nil, nil, nil)
+	}
+
+	results, err := pgConn.ExecBatch(context.Background(), batch).ReadAll()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, results, queryCount)
+
+	for i := range args {
+		require.Len(t, results[i].Rows, 1)
+		require.Equal(t, args[i], string(results[i].Rows[0][0]))
+		assert.Equal(t, "SELECT 1", string(results[i].CommandTag))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConnExecBatchImplicitTransaction(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	pgConn, err := pgconn.Connect(context.Background(), os.Getenv("PGX_TEST_DATABASE"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer closeConn(t, pgConn)
+
+	_, err = pgConn.Exec(context.Background(), "create temporary table t(id int)").ReadAll()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	batch := &pgconn.Batch{}
+
+	batch.ExecParams("insert into t(id) values(1)", nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	batch.ExecParams("insert into t(id) values(2)", nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	batch.ExecParams("insert into t(id) values(3)", nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	batch.ExecParams("select 1/0", nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	_, err = pgConn.ExecBatch(context.Background(), batch).ReadAll()
+	require.Error(t, err)
+
+	result := pgConn.ExecParams(context.Background(), "select count(*) from t", nil, nil, nil, nil).Read()
+	require.Equal(t, "0", string(result.Rows[0][0]))
+}
+
 func TestConnLocking(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()