diff --git a/prj/coherence-core/src/main/java/com/tangosol/internal/net/topic/impl/paged/PagedTopicSubscriberConnector.java b/prj/coherence-core/src/main/java/com/tangosol/internal/net/topic/impl/paged/PagedTopicSubscriberConnector.java
index 0eae5721a30b..dd0b58f433e7 100644
--- a/prj/coherence-core/src/main/java/com/tangosol/internal/net/topic/impl/paged/PagedTopicSubscriberConnector.java
+++ b/prj/coherence-core/src/main/java/com/tangosol/internal/net/topic/impl/paged/PagedTopicSubscriberConnector.java
@@ -266,8 +266,10 @@ public void closeSubscription(ConnectedSubscriber<V> subscriber, boolean fDestro
         // We need to ensure that the subscription has really gone.
         // During a fail-over situation the subscriber may still exist in the configmap
         // so we  need to repeat the closure notification
-        TopicSubscription subscription = getSubscription(subscriber, m_subscriptionId);
-        while (subscription != null && subscription.getSubscriberTimestamp(f_subscriberId) != Long.MAX_VALUE)
+        String            sTopic        = f_caches.getTopicName();
+        PagedTopicService service       = f_caches.getService();
+        Set<SubscriberId> setSubscriber = service.getSubscribers(sTopic, f_subscriberGroupId);
+        while (setSubscriber.contains(f_subscriberId))
             {
             try
                 {
@@ -279,7 +281,7 @@ public void closeSubscription(ConnectedSubscriber<V> subscriber, boolean fDestro
                 }
             Logger.fine("Repeating subscriber closed notification for topic subscriber: " + subscriber);
             PagedTopicSubscription.notifyClosed(f_caches.Subscriptions, f_subscriberGroupId, m_subscriptionId, f_subscriberId);
-            subscription = getSubscription(subscriber, m_subscriptionId);
+            setSubscriber = service.getSubscribers(sTopic, f_subscriberGroupId);
             }
         }
 
@@ -1040,7 +1042,7 @@ public void entryDeleted(MapEvent evt)
         }
 
     // ----- inner class: Channel -------------------------------------------
-
+    
     /**
      * Channel is a data structure which represents the state of a channel as known
      * by this subscriber.
@@ -1054,13 +1056,13 @@ public PagedTopicChannel(int nChannel)
             m_nChannel = nChannel;
             m_head     = new PagedPosition(HEAD_UNKNOWN, -1);
             }
-
+    
         @Override
         public int getId()
             {
             return m_nChannel;
             }
-
+    
         @Override
         public PagedPosition getHead()
             {
@@ -1070,9 +1072,9 @@ public PagedPosition getHead()
                 }
             return (PagedPosition) m_head;
             }
-
+    
         // ----- Object methods ---------------------------------------------
-
+    
         public String toString()
             {
             return "Channel=" + getId() +
@@ -1089,14 +1091,14 @@ public String toString()
                     ", lastTimestamp=" + m_lastPolledTimestamp +
                     ", contended=" + m_fContended;
             }
-
+    
         // ----- constants --------------------------------------------------
-
+    
         /**
          * A page id value to indicate that the head page is unknown.
          */
         public static final int HEAD_UNKNOWN = -1;
-
+    
         // ----- data members -----------------------------------------------
 
         /**
@@ -1104,7 +1106,7 @@ public String toString()
          */
         private final int m_nChannel;
         }
-
+    
     // ----- data members ---------------------------------------------------
 
     /**