diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyFrameDecoder.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyFrameDecoder.java
index 75a419dafe..0ee869b07c 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyFrameDecoder.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyFrameDecoder.java
@@ -70,9 +70,12 @@ public class SpdyFrameDecoder extends FrameDecoder {
     protected Object decodeLast(
             ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Channel channel, ChannelBuffer buffer)
             throws Exception {
-        Object frame = decode(ctx, channel, buffer);
-        headerBlockDecompressor.end();
-        return frame;
+        try {
+            Object frame = decode(ctx, channel, buffer);
+            return frame;
+        } finally {
+            headerBlockDecompressor.end();
+        }
     }