diff --git a/service/matching/matching_engine.go b/service/matching/matching_engine.go
index 98ba1dc2ede..feb1b40de13 100644
--- a/service/matching/matching_engine.go
+++ b/service/matching/matching_engine.go
@@ -2859,6 +2859,12 @@ func (e *matchingEngineImpl) pollTask(
 	// returned to the handler before a context timeout error is generated.
 	workerInstanceKey := pollMetadata.workerInstanceKey
 	if workerInstanceKey != "" && e.shutdownWorkers.Get(workerInstanceKey) != nil {
+		e.logger.Info("Rejecting poll from recently-shutdown worker",
+			tag.WorkflowNamespaceID(partition.NamespaceId()),
+			tag.WorkflowTaskQueueName(partition.TaskQueue().Name()),
+			tag.WorkflowTaskQueueType(partition.TaskType()),
+			tag.NewStringTag("worker-instance-key", workerInstanceKey),
+		)
 		return nil, false, errNoTasks
 	}