diff --git a/daemon/src/collab_settlement_taker.rs b/daemon/src/collab_settlement_taker.rs
index 4cf651a..8605646 100644
--- a/daemon/src/collab_settlement_taker.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/collab_settlement_taker.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::model::cfd::SettlementKind;
 use crate::model::cfd::SettlementProposal;
 use crate::model::Price;
 use crate::projection;
+use crate::send_async_safe::SendAsyncSafe;
 use crate::wire;
 use anyhow::Context;
 use anyhow::Result;
@@ -80,12 +81,8 @@ impl Actor {
 
         let (tx, sig) = dlc.close_transaction(&self.proposal)?;
 
-        // Need to use `do_send_async` here because this handler is called in
-        // context of a message arriving over the wire, and would result in a
-        // deadlock otherwise.
-        #[allow(clippy::disallowed_method)]
         self.connection
-            .do_send_async(wire::TakerToMaker::Settlement {
+            .send_async_safe(wire::TakerToMaker::Settlement {
                 order_id,
                 msg: wire::taker_to_maker::Settlement::Initiate { sig_taker: sig },
             })
diff --git a/daemon/src/lib.rs b/daemon/src/lib.rs
index 3b10ca9..d81d8b6 100644
--- a/daemon/src/lib.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/lib.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ pub mod rollover_maker;
 pub mod rollover_taker;
 pub mod routes;
 pub mod seed;
+pub mod send_async_safe;
 pub mod send_to_socket;
 pub mod setup_contract;
 pub mod setup_maker;
diff --git a/daemon/src/maker_cfd.rs b/daemon/src/maker_cfd.rs
index 136abc9..55ba5f8 100644
--- a/daemon/src/maker_cfd.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/maker_cfd.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use crate::projection;
 use crate::projection::Update;
 use crate::rollover_maker;
 use crate::rollover_maker::Completed;
+use crate::send_async_safe::SendAsyncSafe;
 use crate::setup_maker;
 use crate::wallet;
 use crate::wire;
@@ -205,11 +206,8 @@ where
     T: xtra::Handler<maker_inc_connections::TakerMessage>,
 {
     async fn handle_taker_connected(&mut self, taker_id: Identity) -> Result<()> {
-        // Need to use `do_send_async` here because we are being invoked from the
-        // `maker_inc_connections::Actor`. Using `send` would result in a deadlock.
-        #[allow(clippy::disallowed_method)]
         self.takers
-            .do_send_async(maker_inc_connections::TakerMessage {
+            .send_async_safe(maker_inc_connections::TakerMessage {
                 taker_id,
                 msg: wire::MakerToTaker::CurrentOrder(self.current_order.clone()),
             })
@@ -413,12 +411,8 @@ where
         // have to remove the current order.
         self.current_order = None;
 
-        // Need to use `do_send_async` here because invoking the
-        // corresponding handler can result in a deadlock with another
-        // invocation in `maker_inc_connections.rs`
-        #[allow(clippy::disallowed_method)]
         self.takers
-            .do_send_async(maker_inc_connections::BroadcastOrder(None))
+            .send_async_safe(maker_inc_connections::BroadcastOrder(None))
             .await?;
 
         self.projection_actor.send(projection::Update(None)).await?;
diff --git a/daemon/src/send_async_safe.rs b/daemon/src/send_async_safe.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab5db2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/src/send_async_safe.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+
+#[async_trait]
+pub trait SendAsyncSafe<M, R>
+where
+    M: xtra::Message<Result = R>,
+{
+    /// Send a message to an actor without waiting for them to handle
+    /// it.
+    ///
+    /// As soon as this method returns, we know if the receiving actor
+    /// is alive. If they are, the message we are sending will
+    /// eventually be handled by them, but we don't wait for them to
+    /// do so.
+    async fn send_async_safe(&self, msg: M) -> Result<(), xtra::Disconnected>;
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl<A, M> SendAsyncSafe<M, ()> for xtra::Address<A>
+where
+    A: xtra::Handler<M>,
+    M: xtra::Message<Result = ()>,
+{
+    async fn send_async_safe(&self, msg: M) -> Result<(), xtra::Disconnected> {
+        #[allow(clippy::disallowed_method)]
+        self.do_send_async(msg).await
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl<A, M, E> SendAsyncSafe<M, Result<(), E>> for xtra::Address<A>
+where
+    A: xtra::Handler<M>,
+    M: xtra::Message<Result = Result<(), E>>,
+    E: std::error::Error + Send,
+{
+    async fn send_async_safe(&self, msg: M) -> Result<(), xtra::Disconnected> {
+        if !self.is_connected() {
+            return Err(xtra::Disconnected);
+        }
+
+        let send_fut = self.send(msg);
+
+        #[allow(clippy::disallowed_method)]
+        tokio::spawn(async {
+            let e = match send_fut.await {
+                Ok(Err(e)) => format!("{:#}", e),
+                Err(e) => format!("{:#}", e),
+                Ok(Ok(())) => return,
+            };
+
+            tracing::warn!("Async message invocation failed: {:#}", e)
+        });
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}