diff --git a/pkg/kgo/produce_request_test.go b/pkg/kgo/produce_request_test.go
index 1270354a..220279a7 100644
--- a/pkg/kgo/produce_request_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kgo/produce_request_test.go
@@ -195,6 +195,43 @@ func TestIssue769(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestIssue831(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	topic, cleanup := tmpTopic(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	cl, _ := newTestClient(
+		DefaultProduceTopic(topic),
+		UnknownTopicRetries(-1),
+		MaxBufferedRecords(1),
+	)
+	defer cl.Close()
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := 0; i < 500; i++ {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+		cancel()
+
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go cl.Produce(ctx, &Record{Value: []byte("foo")}, func(*Record, error) {
+			wg.Done()
+		})
+	}
+
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(done)
+		wg.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+	case <-time.After(15 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("still trying to produce after delay")
+	}
+}
+
 // This file contains golden tests against kmsg AppendTo's to ensure our custom
 // encoding is correct.
 
diff --git a/pkg/kgo/producer.go b/pkg/kgo/producer.go
index d9cca992..1ea2a29f 100644
--- a/pkg/kgo/producer.go
+++ b/pkg/kgo/producer.go
@@ -480,12 +480,24 @@ func (cl *Client) produce(
 		}()
 
 		drainBuffered := func(err error) {
-			p.mu.Lock()
-			quit = true
+			// The expected case here is that a context was
+			// canceled while we we waiting for space, so we are
+			// exiting and need to kill the goro above.
+			//
+			// However, it is possible that the goro above has
+			// already exited AND the context was canceled, and
+			// `select` chose the context-canceled case.
+			//
+			// So, to avoid a deadlock, we need to wakeup the
+			// goro above in another goroutine.
+			go func() {
+				p.mu.Lock()
+				quit = true
+				p.mu.Unlock()
+				p.c.Broadcast()
+			}()
+			<-wait // we wait for the goroutine to exit, then unlock again (since the goroutine leaves the mutex locked)
 			p.mu.Unlock()
-			p.c.Broadcast() // wake the goroutine above
-			<-wait
-			p.mu.Unlock() // we wait for the goroutine to exit, then unlock again (since the goroutine leaves the mutex locked)
 			p.promiseRecordBeforeBuf(promisedRec{ctx, promise, r}, err)
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kgo/record_and_fetch.go b/pkg/kgo/record_and_fetch.go
index 4f1ebe6f..30a6a33a 100644
--- a/pkg/kgo/record_and_fetch.go
+++ b/pkg/kgo/record_and_fetch.go
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ type FetchError struct {
 //     client for.
 //
 //  3. an untyped batch parse failure; these are usually unrecoverable by
-//     restarts, and it may be best to just let the client continue. However,
-//     restarting is an option, but you may need to manually repair your
+//     restarts, and it may be best to just let the client continue.
+//     Restarting is an option, but you may need to manually repair your
 //     partition.
 //
 //  4. an injected ErrClientClosed; this is a fatal informational error that