diff --git a/distributed/comm/ucx.py b/distributed/comm/ucx.py
index 9c73a538156..fc07d0489be 100644
--- a/distributed/comm/ucx.py
+++ b/distributed/comm/ucx.py
@@ -254,27 +254,28 @@ async def write(
     ) -> int:
         if self.closed():
             raise CommClosedError("Endpoint is closed -- unable to send message")
-        try:
-            if serializers is None:
-                serializers = ("cuda", "dask", "pickle", "error")
-            # msg can also be a list of dicts when sending batched messages
-            frames = await to_frames(
-                msg,
-                serializers=serializers,
-                on_error=on_error,
-                allow_offload=self.allow_offload,
-            )
-            nframes = len(frames)
-            cuda_frames = tuple(hasattr(f, "__cuda_array_interface__") for f in frames)
-            sizes = tuple(nbytes(f) for f in frames)
-            cuda_send_frames, send_frames = zip(
-                *(
-                    (is_cuda, each_frame)
-                    for is_cuda, each_frame in zip(cuda_frames, frames)
-                    if nbytes(each_frame) > 0
-                )
+
+        if serializers is None:
+            serializers = ("cuda", "dask", "pickle", "error")
+        # msg can also be a list of dicts when sending batched messages
+        frames = await to_frames(
+            msg,
+            serializers=serializers,
+            on_error=on_error,
+            allow_offload=self.allow_offload,
+        )
+        nframes = len(frames)
+        cuda_frames = tuple(hasattr(f, "__cuda_array_interface__") for f in frames)
+        sizes = tuple(nbytes(f) for f in frames)
+        cuda_send_frames, send_frames = zip(
+            *(
+                (is_cuda, each_frame)
+                for is_cuda, each_frame in zip(cuda_frames, frames)
+                if nbytes(each_frame) > 0
             )
+        )
 
+        try:
             # Send meta data
 
             # Send close flag and number of frames (_Bool, int64)
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ async def read(self, deserializers=("cuda", "dask", "pickle", "error")):
             header = struct.unpack(header_fmt, header)
             cuda_frames, sizes = header[:nframes], header[nframes:]
         except BaseException as e:
-            # In addition to UCX exceptions, may be CancelledError or a another
+            # In addition to UCX exceptions, may be CancelledError or another
             # "low-level" exception. The only safe thing to do is to abort.
             # (See also https://github.com/dask/distributed/pull/6574).
             self.abort()
@@ -352,14 +353,29 @@ async def read(self, deserializers=("cuda", "dask", "pickle", "error")):
             if any(cuda_recv_frames):
                 synchronize_stream(0)
 
-            for each_frame in recv_frames:
-                await self.ep.recv(each_frame)
-            msg = await from_frames(
-                frames,
-                deserialize=self.deserialize,
-                deserializers=deserializers,
-                allow_offload=self.allow_offload,
-            )
+            try:
+                for each_frame in recv_frames:
+                    await self.ep.recv(each_frame)
+            except BaseException as e:
+                # In addition to UCX exceptions, may be CancelledError or another
+                # "low-level" exception. The only safe thing to do is to abort.
+                # (See also https://github.com/dask/distributed/pull/6574).
+                self.abort()
+                raise CommClosedError(
+                    f"Connection closed by writer.\nInner exception: {e!r}"
+                )
+
+            try:
+                msg = await from_frames(
+                    frames,
+                    deserialize=self.deserialize,
+                    deserializers=deserializers,
+                    allow_offload=self.allow_offload,
+                )
+            except EOFError:
+                # Frames possibly garbled or truncated by communication error
+                self.abort()
+                raise CommClosedError("Aborted stream on truncated data")
             return msg
 
     async def close(self):