diff --git a/src/asio_server_http2_handler.cc b/src/asio_server_http2_handler.cc
index bda3634f..98018077 100644
--- a/src/asio_server_http2_handler.cc
+++ b/src/asio_server_http2_handler.cc
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ http2_handler::http2_handler(boost::asio::io_service &io_service,
       buf_(nullptr),
       buflen_(0),
       inside_callback_(false),
+      write_signaled_(false),
       tstamp_cached_(time(nullptr)),
       formatted_date_(util::http_date(tstamp_cached_)) {}
 
@@ -403,13 +404,17 @@ void http2_handler::stream_error(int32_t stream_id, uint32_t error_code) {
 }
 
 void http2_handler::signal_write() {
-  if (!inside_callback_) {
+  if (!inside_callback_ && !write_signaled_) {
+    write_signaled_ = true;
     auto self = shared_from_this();
     io_service_.post([self]() { self->initiate_write(); });
   }
 }
 
-void http2_handler::initiate_write() { writefun_(); }
+void http2_handler::initiate_write() {
+  write_signaled_ = false;
+  writefun_();
+}
 
 void http2_handler::resume(stream &strm) {
   nghttp2_session_resume_data(session_, strm.get_stream_id());
diff --git a/src/asio_server_http2_handler.h b/src/asio_server_http2_handler.h
index a907e78f..2f19f6d5 100644
--- a/src/asio_server_http2_handler.h
+++ b/src/asio_server_http2_handler.h
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ private:
   const uint8_t *buf_;
   std::size_t buflen_;
   bool inside_callback_;
+  // true if we have pending on_write call.  This avoids repeated call
+  // of io_service::post.
+  bool write_signaled_;
   time_t tstamp_cached_;
   std::string formatted_date_;
 };