diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerMemoryLimitTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerMemoryLimitTest.java
index 77e3ee811a714..e187b8f3d0ee7 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerMemoryLimitTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerMemoryLimitTest.java
@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClient;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClientException;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.SizeUnit;
+import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
@@ -47,6 +50,32 @@ protected void cleanup() throws Exception {
         super.internalCleanup();
     }
 
+    @Test(timeOut = 10_000)
+    public void testProducerInvalidMessageMemoryRelease() throws Exception {
+        initClientWithMemoryLimit();
+        @Cleanup
+        ProducerImpl<byte[]> producer = (ProducerImpl<byte[]>) pulsarClient.newProducer()
+                .topic("testProducerMemoryLimit")
+                .sendTimeout(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                .batchingMaxPublishDelay(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+                .batchingMaxBytes(10240)
+                .enableBatching(true)
+                .create();
+        this.stopBroker();
+        try {
+            Field field = ClientCnx.class.getDeclaredField("maxMessageSize");
+            field.setAccessible(true);
+            field.set(producer.getClientCnx(), 8);
+            producer.send("memory-test".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            throw new IllegalStateException("can not reach here");
+
+        } catch (PulsarClientException.InvalidMessageException ex) {
+            PulsarClientImpl clientImpl = (PulsarClientImpl) this.pulsarClient;
+            final MemoryLimitController memoryLimitController = clientImpl.getMemoryLimitController();
+            Assert.assertEquals(memoryLimitController.currentUsage(), 0);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test(timeOut = 10_000)
     public void testProducerTimeoutMemoryRelease() throws Exception {
         initClientWithMemoryLimit();
diff --git a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/BatchMessageContainerImpl.java b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/BatchMessageContainerImpl.java
index e0ab2d942ca15..b5acc2c30e9c4 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/BatchMessageContainerImpl.java
+++ b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/BatchMessageContainerImpl.java
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ public OpSendMsg createOpSendMsg() throws IOException {
         ByteBuf encryptedPayload = producer.encryptMessage(messageMetadata, getCompressedBatchMetadataAndPayload());
         if (encryptedPayload.readableBytes() > ClientCnx.getMaxMessageSize()) {
             producer.semaphoreRelease(messages.size());
+            messages.forEach(msg -> producer.client.getMemoryLimitController()
+                    .releaseMemory(msg.getUncompressedSize()));
             discard(new PulsarClientException.InvalidMessageException(
                     "Message size is bigger than " + ClientCnx.getMaxMessageSize() + " bytes"));
             return null;