diff --git a/docs/topics/stats.rst b/docs/topics/stats.rst
index 5dbbb4f10..f1c9dd095 100644
--- a/docs/topics/stats.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/stats.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 .. _topics-stats:
 
-===============
-Stats Collector
-===============
+================
+Stats Collection
+================
 
 Overview
 ========
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ functionality:
 .. function:: stats_domain_closed(domain, reason, domain_stats)
 
     Sent right after the stats domain is closed. You can use this signal to
-    collect resources.
+    collect resources, but not to add any more stats as the stats domain has
+    already been close (use :signal:`stats_domain_closing` for that instead).
 
     :param domain: the stats domain just closed
     :type domain: str
diff --git a/scrapy/stats/collector/__init__.py b/scrapy/stats/collector/__init__.py
index 66c23c2b4..4dc60a1d2 100644
--- a/scrapy/stats/collector/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/stats/collector/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class StatsCollector(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self._dump = settings.getbool('STATS_DUMP')
         self._stats = {None: {}} # None is for global stats
+        dispatcher.connect(self._engine_stopped, signal=signals.engine_stopped)
 
     def get_value(self, key, default=None, domain=None):
         return self._stats[domain].get(key, default)
@@ -60,11 +61,16 @@ class StatsCollector(object):
         if self._dump:
             log.msg("Dumping domain stats:\n" + pprint.pformat(stats), \
                 domain=domain)
+        self._persist_stats(stats, domain)
 
-    def engine_stopped(self):
+    def _engine_stopped(self):
+        stats = self.get_stats()
         if self._dump:
-            log.msg("Dumping global stats:\n" + pprint.pformat(self.get_stats()))
+            log.msg("Dumping global stats:\n" + pprint.pformat(stats))
+        self._persist_stats(stats, domain=None)
 
+    def _persist_stats(self, stats, domain=None):
+        pass
 
 class MemoryStatsCollector(StatsCollector):
 
@@ -72,9 +78,8 @@ class MemoryStatsCollector(StatsCollector):
         super(MemoryStatsCollector, self).__init__()
         self.domain_stats = {}
         
-    def close_domain(self, domain, reason):
-        self.domain_stats[domain] = self._stats[domain]
-        super(MemoryStatsCollector, self).close_domain(domain, reason)
+    def _persist_stats(self, stats, domain=None):
+        self.domain_stats[domain] = stats
 
 
 class DummyStatsCollector(StatsCollector):
diff --git a/scrapy/stats/collector/mysql.py b/scrapy/stats/collector/mysql.py
index 0849743dd..8d9cbaa92 100644
--- a/scrapy/stats/collector/mysql.py
+++ b/scrapy/stats/collector/mysql.py
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ class MysqlStatsCollector(StatsCollector):
         mysqluri = settings['STATS_MYSQL_URI']
         self._mysql_conn = mysql_connect(mysqluri, use_unicode=False) if mysqluri else None
         
-    def close_domain(self, domain, reason):
-        if self._mysql_conn:
-            stored = datetime.utcnow()
-            datas = pickle.dumps(self._stats[domain])
-            table = 'domain_data_history'
+    def _persist_stats(self, stats, domain=None):
+        if domain is None: # only store domain-specific stats
+            return
+        if self._mysql_conn is None:
+            return
+        stored = datetime.utcnow()
+        datas = pickle.dumps(stats)
+        table = 'domain_data_history'
 
-            c = self._mysql_conn.cursor()
-            c.execute("INSERT INTO %s (domain,stored,data) VALUES (%%s,%%s,%%s)" % table, \
-                (domain, stored, datas))
-            self._mysql_conn.commit()
-        super(MysqlStatsCollector, self).close_domain(domain, reason)
+        c = self._mysql_conn.cursor()
+        c.execute("INSERT INTO %s (domain,stored,data) VALUES (%%s,%%s,%%s)" % table, \
+            (domain, stored, datas))
+        self._mysql_conn.commit()
diff --git a/scrapy/stats/collector/simpledb.py b/scrapy/stats/collector/simpledb.py
index 1357a916c..788d68d20 100644
--- a/scrapy/stats/collector/simpledb.py
+++ b/scrapy/stats/collector/simpledb.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Requires the boto library: http://code.google.com/p/boto/
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import boto
+from twisted.internet import threads
 
 from scrapy.stats.collector import StatsCollector
 from scrapy import log
@@ -21,16 +22,17 @@ class SimpledbStatsCollector(StatsCollector):
         sdb = boto.connect_sdb()
         sdb.create_domain(self._sdbdomain)
         
-    def close_domain(self, domain, reason):
-        if self._sdbdomain:
-            if self._async:
-                from twisted.internet import threads
-                dfd = threads.deferToThread(self._persist_to_sdb, domain, \
-                    self._stats[domain].copy())
-                dfd.addErrback(log.err, 'Error uploading stats to SimpleDB', domain=domain)
-            else:
-                self._persist_to_sdb(domain, self._stats[domain])
-        super(SimpledbStatsCollector, self).close_domain(domain, reason)
+    def _persist_stats(self, stats, domain=None):
+        if domain is None: # only store domain-specific stats
+            return
+        if not self._sdbdomain:
+            return
+        if self._async:
+            dfd = threads.deferToThread(self._persist_to_sdb, domain, stats.copy())
+            dfd.addErrback(log.err, 'Error uploading stats to SimpleDB', \
+                domain=domain)
+        else:
+            self._persist_to_sdb(domain, stats)
 
     def _persist_to_sdb(self, domain, stats):
         ts = datetime.utcnow().isoformat()