diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyFrameDecoder.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyFrameDecoder.java
index 361b32e8e4..20a8b2b32d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyFrameDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyFrameDecoder.java
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ public class SpdyFrameDecoder extends FrameDecoder {
     protected Object decodeLast(
             ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Channel channel, ChannelBuffer buffer)
             throws Exception {
-        Object frame = decode(ctx, channel, buffer);
-        headerBlockDecompressor.end();
-        return frame;
+        try {
+            return decode(ctx, channel, buffer);
+        } finally {
+            headerBlockDecompressor.end();
+        }
     }