diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java
index 95e31b380f..8a5b79d493 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java
@@ -726,7 +726,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractEpollStreamChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel im
             allocHandle.readComplete();
             pipeline.fireChannelReadComplete();
             pipeline.fireExceptionCaught(cause);
-            if (close || cause instanceof IOException) {
+
+            // If oom will close the read event, release connection.
+            // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/10434
+            if (close || cause instanceof OutOfMemoryError || cause instanceof IOException) {
                 shutdownInput(false);
             }
         }
diff --git a/transport-native-kqueue/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/AbstractKQueueStreamChannel.java b/transport-native-kqueue/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/AbstractKQueueStreamChannel.java
index 4b7f4e06e5..a412d6ac82 100644
--- a/transport-native-kqueue/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/AbstractKQueueStreamChannel.java
+++ b/transport-native-kqueue/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/AbstractKQueueStreamChannel.java
@@ -587,7 +587,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractKQueueStreamChannel extends AbstractKQueueChannel
                 allocHandle.readComplete();
                 pipeline.fireChannelReadComplete();
                 pipeline.fireExceptionCaught(cause);
-                if (close || cause instanceof IOException) {
+
+                // If oom will close the read event, release connection.
+                // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/10434
+                if (close || cause instanceof OutOfMemoryError || cause instanceof IOException) {
                     shutdownInput(false);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioByteChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioByteChannel.java
index db87b100b0..d0b6acd880 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioByteChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioByteChannel.java
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractNioByteChannel extends AbstractNioChannel {
             allocHandle.readComplete();
             pipeline.fireChannelReadComplete();
             pipeline.fireExceptionCaught(cause);
-            if (close || cause instanceof IOException) {
+
+            // If oom will close the read event, release connection.
+            // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/10434
+            if (close || cause instanceof OutOfMemoryError || cause instanceof IOException) {
                 closeOnRead(pipeline);
             }
         }
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/oio/AbstractOioByteChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/oio/AbstractOioByteChannel.java
index 54ea0deadd..87c24b7dce 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/oio/AbstractOioByteChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/oio/AbstractOioByteChannel.java
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractOioByteChannel extends AbstractOioChannel {
         allocHandle.readComplete();
         pipeline.fireChannelReadComplete();
         pipeline.fireExceptionCaught(cause);
-        if (close || cause instanceof IOException) {
+
+        // If oom will close the read event, release connection.
+        // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/10434
+        if (close || cause instanceof OutOfMemoryError || cause instanceof IOException) {
             closeOnRead(pipeline);
         }
     }