diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DataStreamer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DataStreamer.java
index 7caa88d6d65f9e..878ee4d4d8479e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DataStreamer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DataStreamer.java
@@ -1431,6 +1431,7 @@ private boolean processDatanodeOrExternalError() throws IOException {
           lastAckedSeqno = endOfBlockPacket.getSeqno();
           pipelineRecoveryCount = 0;
           dataQueue.notifyAll();
+          endOfBlockPacket.releaseBuffer(byteArrayManager);
         }
         endBlock();
       } else {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/util/ByteArrayManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/util/ByteArrayManager.java
index f076969c9b17bc..f8447b8ccc3c66 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/util/ByteArrayManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/util/ByteArrayManager.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.HadoopIllegalArgumentException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Time;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Preconditions;
@@ -215,6 +216,11 @@ synchronized int recycle(byte[] array) {
       return freeQueue.size();
     }
 
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    synchronized int getNumAllocated() {
+      return numAllocated;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public synchronized String toString() {
       return "[" + byteArrayLength + ": " + numAllocated + "/"
@@ -241,6 +247,15 @@ synchronized FixedLengthManager get(final Integer arrayLength,
       }
       return manager;
     }
+
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    synchronized int countAllocated() {
+      int total = 0;
+      for (FixedLengthManager m : map.values()) {
+        total += m.getNumAllocated();
+      }
+      return total;
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/util/TestPipelineCloseRecoveryByteArrayLeak.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/util/TestPipelineCloseRecoveryByteArrayLeak.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..58b316855974bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/util/TestPipelineCloseRecoveryByteArrayLeak.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/**
+ * 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.hadoop.hdfs.util;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClientFaultInjector;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSTestUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.HdfsClientConfigKeys;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.util.ByteArrayManager.ManagerMap;
+import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout;
+
+/**
+ * Regression test for HDFS-17916: when the streamer hits an error in the
+ * PIPELINE_CLOSE stage and recovers via processDatanodeOrExternalError(),
+ * the end-of-block DFSPacket's buffer must be returned to the
+ * {@link ByteArrayManager}; otherwise it is leaked.
+ */
+public class TestPipelineCloseRecoveryByteArrayLeak {
+
+  @Test
+  @Timeout(120)
+  public void itReleasesEndOfBlockBufferAfterPipelineCloseRecovery()
+      throws Exception {
+    Configuration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
+    conf.setBoolean(
+        HdfsClientConfigKeys.Write.ByteArrayManager.ENABLED_KEY, true);
+    // Threshold 0 means the FixedLengthManager is created on the very first
+    // allocation of a given length. The end-of-block DFSPacket uses its own
+    // (smaller) buffer length, distinct from data packets, so we need every
+    // allocation to be tracked from the start.
+    conf.setInt(
+        HdfsClientConfigKeys.Write.ByteArrayManager.COUNT_THRESHOLD_KEY, 0);
+    conf.setInt(
+        HdfsClientConfigKeys.BlockWrite.LOCATEFOLLOWINGBLOCK_RETRIES_KEY, 3);
+
+    MiniDFSCluster cluster = null;
+    DFSClientFaultInjector originalFaultInjector = null;
+    try {
+      originalFaultInjector = DFSClientFaultInjector.get();
+      DFSClientFaultInjector faultInjector = new DFSClientFaultInjector() {
+        @Override
+        public boolean failPacket() {
+          // Force every last-in-block ack to be reported as failed; this is what
+          // drives the streamer through processDatanodeOrExternalError() with
+          // stage == PIPELINE_CLOSE.
+          return true;
+        }
+      };
+      DFSClientFaultInjector.set(faultInjector);
+
+      cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(3).build();
+      cluster.waitActive();
+      DistributedFileSystem fs = cluster.getFileSystem();
+
+      Path file = new Path("/pipelineCloseRecoveryLeak.dat");
+      DFSTestUtil.createFile(fs, file, 1024 * 1024L, (short) 3, 0L);
+
+      ByteArrayManager bam =
+          fs.getClient().getClientContext().getByteArrayManager();
+      assertThat(bam)
+          .describedAs("expected bounded ByteArrayManager")
+          .isInstanceOf(ByteArrayManager.Impl.class);
+
+      ManagerMap managers = ((ByteArrayManager.Impl) bam).getManagers();
+      // After the writer closes, every DFSPacket that the streamer pulled
+      // off the dataQueue must have had its buffer recycled. Without the
+      // HDFS-17916 fix, the end-of-block packet from the PIPELINE_CLOSE
+      // recovery path leaks one buffer, so countAllocated() stays > 0.
+      // release() is performed by the streamer thread, so allow a brief
+      // moment for that thread to settle after close() returns.
+      GenericTestUtils.waitFor(() -> managers.countAllocated() == 0, 50, 5000);
+      assertThat(managers.countAllocated())
+          .describedAs("count allocated")
+          .isEqualTo(0);
+    } finally {
+      if (originalFaultInjector != null) {
+        DFSClientFaultInjector.set(originalFaultInjector);
+      }
+      if (cluster != null) {
+        cluster.shutdown();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}