diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/multipart/HttpPostMultipartRequestDecoder.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/multipart/HttpPostMultipartRequestDecoder.java
index 5416302811..2bebe22528 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/multipart/HttpPostMultipartRequestDecoder.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/multipart/HttpPostMultipartRequestDecoder.java
@@ -915,19 +915,15 @@ public class HttpPostMultipartRequestDecoder implements InterfaceHttpPostRequest
      */
     @Override
     public void destroy() {
-        checkDestroyed();
+        // Release all data items, including those not yet pulled
         cleanFiles();
+
         destroyed = true;
 
         if (undecodedChunk != null && undecodedChunk.refCnt() > 0) {
             undecodedChunk.release();
             undecodedChunk = null;
         }
-
-        // release all data which was not yet pulled
-        for (int i = bodyListHttpDataRank; i < bodyListHttpData.size(); i++) {
-            bodyListHttpData.get(i).release();
-        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/multipart/HttpPostRequestDecoderTest.java b/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/multipart/HttpPostRequestDecoderTest.java
index d29f6b3cd4..7cd0d2c313 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/multipart/HttpPostRequestDecoderTest.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/multipart/HttpPostRequestDecoderTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import io.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultFullHttpRequest;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultHttpContent;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultHttpRequest;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultLastHttpContent;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.FullHttpRequest;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpContent;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderNames;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderValues;
@@ -689,4 +690,37 @@ public class HttpPostRequestDecoderTest {
         assertEquals("tmp-0.txt", fileUpload.getFilename());
         decoder.destroy();
     }
+
+    // https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/8575
+    @Test
+    public void testMultipartRequest() throws Exception {
+        String BOUNDARY = "01f136d9282f";
+
+        ByteBuf byteBuf = Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(("--" + BOUNDARY + "\n" +
+                "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"msg_id\"\n" +
+                "\n" +
+                "15200\n" +
+                "--" + BOUNDARY + "\n" +
+                "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"msg\"\n" +
+                "\n" +
+                "test message\n" +
+                "--" + BOUNDARY + "--").getBytes());
+
+        FullHttpRequest req = new DefaultFullHttpRequest(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_0, HttpMethod.POST, "/up", byteBuf);
+        req.headers().add(HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_TYPE, "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + BOUNDARY);
+
+        HttpPostRequestDecoder decoder =
+                new HttpPostRequestDecoder(new DefaultHttpDataFactory(DefaultHttpDataFactory.MINSIZE),
+                        req,
+                        CharsetUtil.UTF_8);
+
+        assertTrue(decoder.isMultipart());
+        assertFalse(decoder.getBodyHttpDatas().isEmpty());
+        assertEquals(2, decoder.getBodyHttpDatas().size());
+        assertEquals("test message", ((Attribute) decoder.getBodyHttpData("msg")).getValue());
+        assertEquals("15200", ((Attribute) decoder.getBodyHttpData("msg_id")).getValue());
+
+        decoder.destroy();
+        assertEquals(1, req.refCnt());
+    }
 }