diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hono/util/HonoProtonHelper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hono/util/HonoProtonHelper.java
index a3b5777c00..fc9bbfe2f3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hono/util/HonoProtonHelper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hono/util/HonoProtonHelper.java
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ public static void setDefaultCloseHandler(final ProtonSession session) {
 
     /**
      * Checks if a link is established.
+     * <p>
+     * Note that this only applies to a link which has originally been created by the local peer.
      *
      * @param link The link to check.
      * @return {@code true} if the link has been established.
@@ -178,16 +180,28 @@ public static boolean isLinkOpenAndConnected(final ProtonLink<?> link) {
         if (link != null && link.isOpen()) {
             if (link.getSession() != null && link.getSession().getConnection() != null
                     && !link.getSession().getConnection().isDisconnected()) {
-                return true;                
+                return true;
             }
-            final String localLinkAddress = link instanceof ProtonSender ? link.getTarget().getAddress()
-                    : link.getSource().getAddress();
-            LOG.debug("{} link [address: {}] is locally open but underlying transport is disconnected",
-                    link instanceof ProtonSender ? "sender" : "receiver", localLinkAddress);
+            LOG.debug("{} link [source: {}, target: {}] is locally open but underlying transport is disconnected",
+                    link instanceof ProtonSender ? "sender" : "receiver", getRemoteOrLocalSourceAddress(link), getRemoteOrLocalTargetAddress(link));
         }
         return false;
     }
 
+    private static String getRemoteOrLocalSourceAddress(final ProtonLink<?> link) {
+        if (link != null && link.getRemoteSource() != null) {
+            return link.getRemoteSource().getAddress();
+        }
+        return link != null && link.getSource() != null ? link.getSource().getAddress() : null;
+    }
+
+    private static String getRemoteOrLocalTargetAddress(final ProtonLink<?> link) {
+        if (link != null && link.getRemoteTarget() != null) {
+            return link.getRemoteTarget().getAddress();
+        }
+        return link != null && link.getTarget() != null ? link.getTarget().getAddress() : null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Executes some code on a given context.
      *
diff --git a/site/homepage/content/release-notes.md b/site/homepage/content/release-notes.md
index 925dd54ce5..ef4e0e9f24 100644
--- a/site/homepage/content/release-notes.md
+++ b/site/homepage/content/release-notes.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ description = "Information about changes in recent Hono releases. Includes new f
 
 * The Quarkus based Command Router native image failed to start an embedded cache that was configured to persist data
   to the local file system. This has been fixed.
+* The delivery of a command message sent to an AMQP device potentially didn't get settled if the connection to the
+  AMQP device got disconnected. This has been fixed.
 
 ## 1.7.1