diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/InterleavedLedgerStorage.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/InterleavedLedgerStorage.java
index 4e2b6d54b97..d44bd06cc63 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/InterleavedLedgerStorage.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/InterleavedLedgerStorage.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
-
+import io.netty.util.ReferenceCountUtil;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ public long getLastAddConfirmed(long ledgerId) throws IOException {
                     lac = bb.readLong();
                     lac = ledgerCache.updateLastAddConfirmed(ledgerId, lac);
                 } finally {
-                    bb.release();
+                    ReferenceCountUtil.safeRelease(bb);
                 }
             }
         }