diff --git a/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/ByteToMessageDecoder.java b/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/ByteToMessageDecoder.java
index 0968c33549..5ce3350871 100644
--- a/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/ByteToMessageDecoder.java
+++ b/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/ByteToMessageDecoder.java
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ public abstract class ByteToMessageDecoder extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter
                 ctx.fireChannelRead(out.get(i));
             }
             ctx.fireChannelInactive();
+            out.recycle();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/ReplayingDecoder.java b/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/ReplayingDecoder.java
index 74248d1202..4f8e90a24c 100644
--- a/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/ReplayingDecoder.java
+++ b/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/ReplayingDecoder.java
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ public abstract class ReplayingDecoder<S> extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
                 ctx.fireChannelRead(out.get(i));
             }
             ctx.fireChannelInactive();
+            out.recycle();
         }
     }