diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/netty4/SecurityNetty4Transport.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/netty4/SecurityNetty4Transport.java
index cb85089a104..d3758e5bddd 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/netty4/SecurityNetty4Transport.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/netty4/SecurityNetty4Transport.java
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.ChannelOutboundHandlerAdapter;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelPromise;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
-import org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.internal.Nullable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.network.NetworkService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -27,7 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.transport.filter.IPFilter;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
 
@@ -36,7 +33,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.transport.SSLExceptionHelper.isCl
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.transport.SSLExceptionHelper.isNotSslRecordException;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.transport.SSLExceptionHelper.isReceivedCertificateUnknownException;
 
-
 /**
  * Implementation of a transport that extends the {@link Netty4Transport} to add SSL and IP Filtering
  */
@@ -46,7 +42,6 @@ public class SecurityNetty4Transport extends Netty4Transport {
     @Nullable private final IPFilter authenticator;
     private final Settings transportSSLSettings;
 
-    @Inject
     public SecurityNetty4Transport(Settings settings, ThreadPool threadPool, NetworkService networkService, BigArrays bigArrays,
                                    NamedWriteableRegistry namedWriteableRegistry, CircuitBreakerService circuitBreakerService,
                                    @Nullable IPFilter authenticator, SSLService sslService) {
@@ -76,10 +71,9 @@ public class SecurityNetty4Transport extends Netty4Transport {
 
     @Override
     protected void onException(Channel channel, Exception e) {
-        String reason = ExceptionsHelper.detailedMessage(e);
         if (!lifecycle.started()) {
             // just close and ignore - we are already stopped and just need to make sure we release all resources
-            disconnectFromNodeChannel(channel, reason);
+            closeChannelWhileHandlingExceptions(channel);
         } else if (isNotSslRecordException(e)) {
             if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
                 logger.trace(
@@ -87,25 +81,24 @@ public class SecurityNetty4Transport extends Netty4Transport {
             } else {
                 logger.warn("received plaintext traffic on an encrypted channel, closing connection {}", channel);
             }
-            disconnectFromNodeChannel(channel, reason);
+            closeChannelWhileHandlingExceptions(channel);
         } else if (isCloseDuringHandshakeException(e)) {
             if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
                 logger.trace(new ParameterizedMessage("connection {} closed during ssl handshake", channel), e);
             } else {
                 logger.warn("connection {} closed during handshake", channel);
             }
-            disconnectFromNodeChannel(channel, reason);
+            closeChannelWhileHandlingExceptions(channel);
         } else if (isReceivedCertificateUnknownException(e)) {
             if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
                 logger.trace(new ParameterizedMessage("client did not trust server's certificate, closing connection {}", channel), e);
             } else {
                 logger.warn("client did not trust this server's certificate, closing connection {}", channel);
             }
-            disconnectFromNodeChannel(channel, reason);
+            closeChannelWhileHandlingExceptions(channel);
         } else {
             super.onException(channel, e);
         }
-
     }
 
     class SecurityServerChannelInitializer extends ServerChannelInitializer {