diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/extensions/compression/DeflateDecoder.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/extensions/compression/DeflateDecoder.java
index 5b70620b62..4ed3dc87e4 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/extensions/compression/DeflateDecoder.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/extensions/compression/DeflateDecoder.java
@@ -136,8 +136,12 @@ abstract class DeflateDecoder extends WebSocketExtensionDecoder {
         // Correctly handle empty frames
         // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/4348
         if (!emptyDeflateBlock && readable && compositeDecompressedContent.numComponents() <= 0) {
-            compositeDecompressedContent.release();
-            throw new CodecException("cannot read uncompressed buffer");
+            // Sometimes after fragmentation the last frame
+            // May contain left-over data that doesn't affect decompression
+            if (!(msg instanceof ContinuationWebSocketFrame)) {
+                compositeDecompressedContent.release();
+                throw new CodecException("cannot read uncompressed buffer");
+            }
         }
 
         if (msg.isFinalFragment() && noContext) {
diff --git a/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/extensions/compression/PerMessageDeflateDecoderTest.java b/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/extensions/compression/PerMessageDeflateDecoderTest.java
index fcd290ab9d..9529b4448b 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/extensions/compression/PerMessageDeflateDecoderTest.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/extensions/compression/PerMessageDeflateDecoderTest.java
@@ -328,4 +328,62 @@ public class PerMessageDeflateDecoderTest {
         assertFalse(decoderChannel.finish());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testFragmentedFrameWithLeftOverInLastFragment() {
+        String hexDump = "677170647a777a737574656b707a787a6f6a7561756578756f6b7868616371716c657a6d64697479766d726f6" +
+                         "269746c6376777464776f6f72767a726f64667278676764687775786f6762766d776d706b76697773777a7072" +
+                         "6a6a737279707a7078697a6c69616d7461656d646278626d786f66666e686e776a7a7461746d7a776668776b6" +
+                         "f6f736e73746575637a6d727a7175707a6e74627578687871767771697a71766c64626d78726d6d7675756877" +
+                         "62667963626b687a726d676e646263776e67797264706d6c6863626577616967706a78636a72697464756e627" +
+                         "977616f79736475676f76736f7178746a7a7479626c64636b6b6778637768746c62";
+        EmbeddedChannel encoderChannel = new EmbeddedChannel(
+                ZlibCodecFactory.newZlibEncoder(ZlibWrapper.NONE, 9, 15, 8));
+        EmbeddedChannel decoderChannel = new EmbeddedChannel(new PerMessageDeflateDecoder(false));
+
+        ByteBuf originPayload = Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(ByteBufUtil.decodeHexDump(hexDump));
+        assertTrue(encoderChannel.writeOutbound(originPayload.duplicate().retain()));
+
+        ByteBuf compressedPayload = encoderChannel.readOutbound();
+        compressedPayload = compressedPayload.slice(0, compressedPayload.readableBytes() - 4);
+
+        int oneThird = compressedPayload.readableBytes() / 3;
+
+        TextWebSocketFrame compressedFrame1 = new TextWebSocketFrame(
+                false, WebSocketExtension.RSV1, compressedPayload.slice(0, oneThird));
+        ContinuationWebSocketFrame compressedFrame2 = new ContinuationWebSocketFrame(
+                false, WebSocketExtension.RSV3, compressedPayload.slice(oneThird, oneThird));
+        ContinuationWebSocketFrame compressedFrame3 = new ContinuationWebSocketFrame(
+                false, WebSocketExtension.RSV3, compressedPayload.slice(oneThird * 2, oneThird));
+        int offset = oneThird * 3;
+        ContinuationWebSocketFrame compressedFrameWithExtraData = new ContinuationWebSocketFrame(
+                true, WebSocketExtension.RSV3, compressedPayload.slice(offset,
+                     compressedPayload.readableBytes() - offset));
+
+        // check that last fragment contains only one extra byte
+        assertEquals(1, compressedFrameWithExtraData.content().readableBytes());
+        assertEquals(1, compressedFrameWithExtraData.content().getByte(0));
+
+        // write compressed frames
+        assertTrue(decoderChannel.writeInbound(compressedFrame1.retain()));
+        assertTrue(decoderChannel.writeInbound(compressedFrame2.retain()));
+        assertTrue(decoderChannel.writeInbound(compressedFrame3.retain()));
+        assertTrue(decoderChannel.writeInbound(compressedFrameWithExtraData));
+
+        // read uncompressed frames
+        TextWebSocketFrame uncompressedFrame1 = decoderChannel.readInbound();
+        ContinuationWebSocketFrame uncompressedFrame2 = decoderChannel.readInbound();
+        ContinuationWebSocketFrame uncompressedFrame3 = decoderChannel.readInbound();
+        ContinuationWebSocketFrame uncompressedExtraData = decoderChannel.readInbound();
+        assertFalse(uncompressedExtraData.content().isReadable());
+
+        ByteBuf uncompressedPayload = Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(uncompressedFrame1.content(), uncompressedFrame2.content(),
+                                      uncompressedFrame3.content(), uncompressedExtraData.content());
+        assertEquals(originPayload, uncompressedPayload);
+
+        assertTrue(originPayload.release());
+        assertTrue(uncompressedPayload.release());
+
+        assertTrue(encoderChannel.finishAndReleaseAll());
+        assertFalse(decoderChannel.finish());
+    }
 }