diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/common/extensions/compress/ByteAccumulator.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/common/extensions/compress/ByteAccumulator.java
index 02bd0c8821e1..fdd6f28ba9ce 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/common/extensions/compress/ByteAccumulator.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/common/extensions/compress/ByteAccumulator.java
@@ -103,7 +103,18 @@ void recycle()
     {
         index = 0;
         length = 0;
-        prevChunks = nextChunks;
+        
+        int resize = 16;
+        if (prevChunks == null || nextChunks.size() > prevChunks.size())
+        {
+            prevChunks = nextChunks;
+        }
+        
+        // keep prevChunks retain max resize elements
+        if (prevChunks.size() > resize) 
+        {
+            prevChunks.subList(resize, prevChunks.size()).clear();
+        }
         nextChunks = new ArrayList<>();
     }
 }