diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/sctp/SctpMessageCompletionHandler.java b/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/sctp/SctpMessageCompletionHandler.java
index 61719720d2..0a09a5e847 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/sctp/SctpMessageCompletionHandler.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/sctp/SctpMessageCompletionHandler.java
@@ -68,4 +68,13 @@ public class SctpMessageCompletionHandler extends MessageToMessageDecoder<SctpMe
         }
         byteBuf.retain();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void handlerRemoved(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
+        for (ByteBuf buffer: fragments.values()) {
+            buffer.release();
+        }
+        fragments.clear();
+        super.handlerRemoved(ctx);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/main/test/io/netty/handler/codec/sctp/SctpMessageCompletionHandlerTest.java b/transport-sctp/src/main/test/io/netty/handler/codec/sctp/SctpMessageCompletionHandlerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57b61b92ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/main/test/io/netty/handler/codec/sctp/SctpMessageCompletionHandlerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package io.netty.handler.codec.sctp;
+
+import com.sun.nio.sctp.Association;
+import com.sun.nio.sctp.MessageInfo;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
+import io.netty.channel.embedded.EmbeddedChannel;
+import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpMessage;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+
+public class SctpMessageCompletionHandlerTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFragmentsReleased() {
+        EmbeddedChannel channel = new EmbeddedChannel(new SctpMessageCompletionHandler());
+        ByteBuf buffer = Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 });
+        ByteBuf buffer2 = Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 });
+        SctpMessage message = new SctpMessage(new TestMessageInfo(false, 1), buffer);
+        assertFalse(channel.writeInbound(message));
+        assertEquals(1, buffer.refCnt());
+        SctpMessage message2 = new SctpMessage(new TestMessageInfo(false, 2), buffer2);
+        assertFalse(channel.writeInbound(message2));
+        assertEquals(1, buffer2.refCnt());
+        assertFalse(channel.finish());
+        assertEquals(0, buffer.refCnt());
+        assertEquals(0, buffer2.refCnt());
+    }
+
+    private final class TestMessageInfo extends MessageInfo {
+
+        private final boolean complete;
+        private final int streamNumber;
+
+        TestMessageInfo(boolean complete, int streamNumber) {
+            this.complete = complete;
+            this.streamNumber = streamNumber;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public SocketAddress address() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Association association() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int bytes() {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isComplete() {
+            return complete;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public MessageInfo complete(boolean b) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isUnordered() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public MessageInfo unordered(boolean b) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int payloadProtocolID() {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public MessageInfo payloadProtocolID(int i) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int streamNumber() {
+            return streamNumber;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public MessageInfo streamNumber(int i) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public long timeToLive() {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public MessageInfo timeToLive(long l) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+    }
+}