diff --git a/tensorflow/python/keras/engine/data_adapter.py b/tensorflow/python/keras/engine/data_adapter.py
index b0741acfe30..4dfc28fd40f 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/keras/engine/data_adapter.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/keras/engine/data_adapter.py
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ class KerasSequenceAdapter(GeneratorDataAdapter):
     self._size = len(x)
     self._shuffle_sequence = shuffle
     self._keras_sequence = x
+    self._enqueuer = None
     super(KerasSequenceAdapter, self).__init__(
         x,
         shuffle=False,  # Shuffle is handed in the _make_callable override.
@@ -929,11 +930,11 @@ class KerasSequenceAdapter(GeneratorDataAdapter):
                               max_queue_size):
     if workers > 1 or (workers > 0 and use_multiprocessing):
       def generator_fn():
-        enqueuer = data_utils.OrderedEnqueuer(
+        self._enqueuer = data_utils.OrderedEnqueuer(
             x, use_multiprocessing=use_multiprocessing,
             shuffle=self._shuffle_sequence)
-        enqueuer.start(workers=workers, max_queue_size=max_queue_size)
-        return enqueuer.get()
+        self._enqueuer.start(workers=workers, max_queue_size=max_queue_size)
+        return self._enqueuer.get()
     else:
       def generator_fn():
         order = range(len(x))
@@ -954,6 +955,8 @@ class KerasSequenceAdapter(GeneratorDataAdapter):
     return True
 
   def on_epoch_end(self):
+    if self._enqueuer:
+      self._enqueuer.stop()
     self._keras_sequence.on_epoch_end()
 
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/keras/utils/data_utils.py b/tensorflow/python/keras/utils/data_utils.py
index 5224356e877..73ffc19d293 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/keras/utils/data_utils.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/keras/utils/data_utils.py
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ class SequenceEnqueuer(object):
       for data in datas:
           # Use the inputs; training, evaluating, predicting.
           # ... stop sometime.
-      enqueuer.close()
+      enqueuer.stop()
   ```
 
   The `enqueuer.get()` should be an infinite stream of datas.