diff --git a/aeron-archive/src/main/java/io/aeron/archive/ArchiveMarkFile.java b/aeron-archive/src/main/java/io/aeron/archive/ArchiveMarkFile.java
index 4fe4d90878..d67eafdb79 100644
--- a/aeron-archive/src/main/java/io/aeron/archive/ArchiveMarkFile.java
+++ b/aeron-archive/src/main/java/io/aeron/archive/ArchiveMarkFile.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package io.aeron.archive;
 
+import io.aeron.Aeron;
 import io.aeron.CommonContext;
 import io.aeron.archive.client.ArchiveException;
 import io.aeron.archive.codecs.mark.MarkFileHeaderDecoder;
@@ -278,7 +279,14 @@ public ArchiveMarkFile(
      */
     public void close()
     {
-        CloseHelper.close(markFile);
+        if (!markFile.isClosed())
+        {
+            CloseHelper.close(markFile);
+            final UnsafeBuffer emptyBuffer = new UnsafeBuffer();
+            headerEncoder.wrap(emptyBuffer, 0);
+            headerDecoder.wrap(emptyBuffer, 0, 0, 0);
+            errorBuffer.wrap(emptyBuffer, 0, 0);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -289,7 +297,7 @@ public void close()
      */
     public long archiveId()
     {
-        return headerDecoder.archiveId();
+        return markFile.isClosed() ? Aeron.NULL_VALUE : headerDecoder.archiveId();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -297,7 +305,10 @@ public long archiveId()
      */
     public void signalReady()
     {
-        markFile.signalReady(SEMANTIC_VERSION);
+        if (!markFile.isClosed())
+        {
+            markFile.signalReady(SEMANTIC_VERSION);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -320,7 +331,7 @@ public void updateActivityTimestamp(final long nowMs)
      */
     public long activityTimestampVolatile()
     {
-        return markFile.timestampVolatile();
+        return markFile.isClosed() ? Aeron.NULL_VALUE : markFile.timestampVolatile();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/aeron-cluster/src/main/java/io/aeron/cluster/service/ClusterMarkFile.java b/aeron-cluster/src/main/java/io/aeron/cluster/service/ClusterMarkFile.java
index a0c0f1e667..6c2f1ad4f2 100644
--- a/aeron-cluster/src/main/java/io/aeron/cluster/service/ClusterMarkFile.java
+++ b/aeron-cluster/src/main/java/io/aeron/cluster/service/ClusterMarkFile.java
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
-import static io.aeron.Aeron.NULL_VALUE;
-
 /**
  * Used to indicate if a cluster service is running and what configuration it is using. Errors encountered by
  * the service are recorded within this file by a {@link org.agrona.concurrent.errors.DistinctErrorLog}.
@@ -233,7 +231,7 @@ else if (SemanticVersion.major(version) != MAJOR_VERSION)
                 null,
                 null);
             buffer = markFile.buffer();
-            candidateTermId = NULL_VALUE;
+            candidateTermId = Aeron.NULL_VALUE;
         }
 
         headerOffset = HEADER_OFFSET;
@@ -332,7 +330,14 @@ public static boolean isConsensusModuleMarkFile(final Path path, final BasicFile
      */
     public void close()
     {
-        CloseHelper.close(markFile);
+        if (!markFile.isClosed())
+        {
+            CloseHelper.close(markFile);
+            final UnsafeBuffer emptyBuffer = new UnsafeBuffer();
+            headerEncoder.wrap(emptyBuffer, 0);
+            headerDecoder.wrap(emptyBuffer, 0, 0, 0);
+            errorBuffer.wrap(emptyBuffer, 0, 0);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -353,7 +358,8 @@ public boolean isClosed()
      */
     public long candidateTermId()
     {
-        return buffer.getLongVolatile(headerOffset + MarkFileHeaderDecoder.candidateTermIdEncodingOffset());
+        return markFile.isClosed() ? Aeron.NULL_VALUE :
+            buffer.getLongVolatile(headerOffset + MarkFileHeaderDecoder.candidateTermIdEncodingOffset());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -363,7 +369,7 @@ public long candidateTermId()
      */
     public int memberId()
     {
-        return headerDecoder.memberId();
+        return markFile.isClosed() ? Aeron.NULL_VALUE : headerDecoder.memberId();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -373,7 +379,10 @@ public int memberId()
      */
     public void memberId(final int memberId)
     {
-        headerEncoder.memberId(memberId);
+        if (!markFile.isClosed())
+        {
+            headerEncoder.memberId(memberId);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -383,7 +392,7 @@ public void memberId(final int memberId)
      */
     public int clusterId()
     {
-        return headerDecoder.clusterId();
+        return markFile.isClosed() ? Aeron.NULL_VALUE : headerDecoder.clusterId();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -393,7 +402,10 @@ public int clusterId()
      */
     public void clusterId(final int clusterId)
     {
-        headerEncoder.clusterId(clusterId);
+        if (!markFile.isClosed())
+        {
+            headerEncoder.clusterId(clusterId);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -401,7 +413,10 @@ public void clusterId(final int clusterId)
      */
     public void signalReady()
     {
-        markFile.signalReady(SEMANTIC_VERSION);
+        if (!markFile.isClosed())
+        {
+            markFile.signalReady(SEMANTIC_VERSION);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -409,7 +424,10 @@ public void signalReady()
      */
     public void signalFailedStart()
     {
-        markFile.signalReady(VERSION_FAILED);
+        if (!markFile.isClosed())
+        {
+            markFile.signalReady(VERSION_FAILED);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -432,7 +450,7 @@ public void updateActivityTimestamp(final long nowMs)
      */
     public long activityTimestampVolatile()
     {
-        return markFile.timestampVolatile();
+        return markFile.isClosed() ? Aeron.NULL_VALUE : markFile.timestampVolatile();
     }
 
     /**