diff --git a/codec-memcache/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/memcache/binary/BinaryMemcacheObjectAggregatorTest.java b/codec-memcache/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/memcache/binary/BinaryMemcacheObjectAggregatorTest.java
index 2e9399d041..d6bf32ee45 100644
--- a/codec-memcache/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/memcache/binary/BinaryMemcacheObjectAggregatorTest.java
+++ b/codec-memcache/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/memcache/binary/BinaryMemcacheObjectAggregatorTest.java
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ public class BinaryMemcacheObjectAggregatorTest {
         assertThat(request.content().readableBytes(), is(8));
         assertThat(request.content().readByte(), is((byte) 0x01));
         assertThat(request.content().readByte(), is((byte) 0x02));
+        request.release();
 
         assertThat(channel.readInbound(), nullValue());
     }
-
 }