diff --git a/remoting/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/remoting/netty/NettyRemotingAbstract.java b/remoting/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/remoting/netty/NettyRemotingAbstract.java
index 06918086ff1a8cc06240569b8d9c33176ed98660..76752529af24f021c6860fb90866f629d4a8a75b 100644
--- a/remoting/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/remoting/netty/NettyRemotingAbstract.java
+++ b/remoting/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/remoting/netty/NettyRemotingAbstract.java
@@ -257,14 +257,13 @@ public abstract class NettyRemotingAbstract {
         if (responseFuture != null) {
             responseFuture.setResponseCommand(cmd);
 
-            responseFuture.release();
-
             responseTable.remove(opaque);
 
             if (responseFuture.getInvokeCallback() != null) {
                 executeInvokeCallback(responseFuture);
             } else {
                 responseFuture.putResponse(cmd);
+                responseFuture.release();
             }
         } else {
             log.warn("receive response, but not matched any request, " + RemotingHelper.parseChannelRemoteAddr(ctx.channel()));
@@ -287,6 +286,8 @@ public abstract class NettyRemotingAbstract {
                             responseFuture.executeInvokeCallback();
                         } catch (Throwable e) {
                             log.warn("execute callback in executor exception, and callback throw", e);
+                        } finally {
+                            responseFuture.release();
                         }
                     }
                 });
@@ -303,6 +304,8 @@ public abstract class NettyRemotingAbstract {
                 responseFuture.executeInvokeCallback();
             } catch (Throwable e) {
                 log.warn("executeInvokeCallback Exception", e);
+            } finally {
+                responseFuture.release();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/remoting/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/remoting/netty/NettyRemotingAbstractTest.java b/remoting/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/remoting/netty/NettyRemotingAbstractTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..99aab9e075728639f496747d6d2c55c81a7dcd3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remoting/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/remoting/netty/NettyRemotingAbstractTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.rocketmq.remoting.netty;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
+import org.apache.rocketmq.remoting.InvokeCallback;
+import org.apache.rocketmq.remoting.common.SemaphoreReleaseOnlyOnce;
+import org.apache.rocketmq.remoting.protocol.RemotingCommand;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Spy;
+import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class NettyRemotingAbstractTest {
+    @Spy
+    private NettyRemotingAbstract remotingAbstract = new NettyRemotingClient(new NettyClientConfig());
+
+    @Test
+    public void testProcessResponseCommand() throws InterruptedException {
+        final Semaphore semaphore = new Semaphore(0);
+        ResponseFuture responseFuture = new ResponseFuture(1, 3000, new InvokeCallback() {
+            @Override
+            public void operationComplete(final ResponseFuture responseFuture) {
+                assertThat(semaphore.availablePermits()).isEqualTo(0);
+            }
+        }, new SemaphoreReleaseOnlyOnce(semaphore));
+
+        remotingAbstract.responseTable.putIfAbsent(1, responseFuture);
+
+        RemotingCommand response = RemotingCommand.createResponseCommand(0, "Foo");
+        response.setOpaque(1);
+        remotingAbstract.processResponseCommand(null, response);
+
+        // Acquire the release permit after call back
+        semaphore.acquire(1);
+        assertThat(semaphore.availablePermits()).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testProcessResponseCommand_NullCallBack() throws InterruptedException {
+        final Semaphore semaphore = new Semaphore(0);
+        ResponseFuture responseFuture = new ResponseFuture(1, 3000, null,
+            new SemaphoreReleaseOnlyOnce(semaphore));
+
+        remotingAbstract.responseTable.putIfAbsent(1, responseFuture);
+
+        RemotingCommand response = RemotingCommand.createResponseCommand(0, "Foo");
+        response.setOpaque(1);
+        remotingAbstract.processResponseCommand(null, response);
+
+        assertThat(semaphore.availablePermits()).isEqualTo(1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testProcessResponseCommand_RunCallBackInCurrentThread() throws InterruptedException {
+        final Semaphore semaphore = new Semaphore(0);
+        ResponseFuture responseFuture = new ResponseFuture(1, 3000, new InvokeCallback() {
+            @Override
+            public void operationComplete(final ResponseFuture responseFuture) {
+                assertThat(semaphore.availablePermits()).isEqualTo(0);
+            }
+        }, new SemaphoreReleaseOnlyOnce(semaphore));
+
+        remotingAbstract.responseTable.putIfAbsent(1, responseFuture);
+        when(remotingAbstract.getCallbackExecutor()).thenReturn(null);
+
+        RemotingCommand response = RemotingCommand.createResponseCommand(0, "Foo");
+        response.setOpaque(1);
+        remotingAbstract.processResponseCommand(null, response);
+
+        // Acquire the release permit after call back finished in current thread
+        semaphore.acquire(1);
+        assertThat(semaphore.availablePermits()).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+}
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