diff --git a/src/DotNetty.Transport/Channels/AbstractCoalescingBufferQueue.cs b/src/DotNetty.Transport/Channels/AbstractCoalescingBufferQueue.cs
index cdb8d53d..2d5f6973 100644
--- a/src/DotNetty.Transport/Channels/AbstractCoalescingBufferQueue.cs
+++ b/src/DotNetty.Transport/Channels/AbstractCoalescingBufferQueue.cs
@@ -202,7 +202,10 @@ public bool IsEmpty()
         /// </summary>
         public void ReleaseAndFailAll(Exception cause)
         {
-            ReleaseAndCompleteAll(TaskUtil.FromException(cause));
+            var failedTask = TaskUtil.FromException(cause);
+            //if _bufAndListenerPairs queue is empty, the task will end up unobserved 
+            failedTask.Ignore();
+            ReleaseAndCompleteAll(failedTask);
         }
 
         /// <summary>