diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/NettyRpcFrameDecoder.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/NettyRpcFrameDecoder.java
index 551d1d3fb40..b60cad10189 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/NettyRpcFrameDecoder.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/NettyRpcFrameDecoder.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class NettyRpcFrameDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
   final NettyServerRpcConnection connection;
 
   private boolean requestTooBig;
+  private boolean requestTooBigSent;
   private String requestTooBigMessage;
 
   public NettyRpcFrameDecoder(int maxFrameLength, NettyServerRpcConnection connection) {
@@ -55,8 +56,12 @@ class NettyRpcFrameDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
 
   @Override
   protected void decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf in, List<Object> out) throws Exception {
+    if (requestTooBigSent) {
+      in.skipBytes(in.readableBytes());
+      return;
+    }
     if (requestTooBig) {
-      handleTooBigRequest(in);
+      handleTooBigRequest(ctx, in);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ class NettyRpcFrameDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
       NettyRpcServer.LOG.warn(requestTooBigMessage);
 
       if (connection.connectionHeaderRead) {
-        handleTooBigRequest(in);
+        handleTooBigRequest(ctx, in);
         return;
       }
       ctx.channel().close();
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ class NettyRpcFrameDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
     out.add(in.readRetainedSlice(frameLengthInt));
   }
 
-  private void handleTooBigRequest(ByteBuf in) throws IOException {
+  private void handleTooBigRequest(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf in) throws IOException {
     in.skipBytes(FRAME_LENGTH_FIELD_LENGTH);
     in.markReaderIndex();
     int preIndex = in.readerIndex();
@@ -143,6 +148,10 @@ class NettyRpcFrameDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
     // instead of calling reqTooBig.sendResponseIfReady()
     reqTooBig.param = null;
     connection.channel.writeAndFlush(reqTooBig).addListener(ChannelFutureListener.CLOSE);
+    in.skipBytes(in.readableBytes());
+    requestTooBigSent = true;
+    // disable auto read as we do not care newer data from this channel any more
+    ctx.channel().config().setAutoRead(false);
   }
 
   private RPCProtos.RequestHeader getHeader(ByteBuf in, int headerSize) throws IOException {