diff --git a/changelog/59183.fixed b/changelog/59183.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..953c94b2b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/59183.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed saltnado websockets disconnecting immediately
diff --git a/salt/netapi/rest_tornado/saltnado.py b/salt/netapi/rest_tornado/saltnado.py
index f6d6511f810..cae7b80c235 100644
--- a/salt/netapi/rest_tornado/saltnado.py
+++ b/salt/netapi/rest_tornado/saltnado.py
@@ -332,13 +332,6 @@ class EventListener:
         """
         Get an event (asynchronous of course) return a future that will get it later
         """
-        # if the request finished, no reason to allow event fetching, since we
-        # can't send back to the client
-        if request._finished:
-            future = Future()
-            future.set_exception(TimeoutException())
-            return future
-
         future = Future()
         if callback is not None:
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/functional/netapi/rest_tornado/test_event_listener.py b/tests/pytests/functional/netapi/rest_tornado/test_event_listener.py
index 0b1f7b62cdb..c80a6d9a5d6 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/functional/netapi/rest_tornado/test_event_listener.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/functional/netapi/rest_tornado/test_event_listener.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Request:
     __slots__ = ("_finished",)
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self._finished = False
+        self._finished = True
 
 
 @pytest.fixture