diff --git a/pulsar-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/common/protocol/ByteBufPair.java b/pulsar-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/common/protocol/ByteBufPair.java
index cfd89d3bb28ab..070d2fe11d605 100644
--- a/pulsar-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/common/protocol/ByteBufPair.java
+++ b/pulsar-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/common/protocol/ByteBufPair.java
@@ -141,19 +141,45 @@ public void write(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg, ChannelPromise promise)
             if (msg instanceof ByteBufPair) {
                 ByteBufPair b = (ByteBufPair) msg;
 
+                ChannelPromise compositePromise = ctx.newPromise();
+                compositePromise.addListener(future -> {
+                    // release the ByteBufPair after the write operation is completed
+                    ReferenceCountUtil.safeRelease(b);
+                    // complete the promise passed as an argument unless it's a void promise
+                    if (!promise.isVoid()) {
+                        if (future.isSuccess()) {
+                            promise.setSuccess();
+                        } else {
+                            promise.setFailure(future.cause());
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+
                 // Some handlers in the pipeline will modify the bytebufs passed in to them (i.e. SslHandler).
                 // For these handlers, we need to pass a copy of the buffers as the source buffers may be cached
                 // for multiple requests.
-                try {
-                    ctx.write(b.getFirst().copy(), ctx.voidPromise());
-                    ctx.write(b.getSecond().copy(), promise);
-                } finally {
-                    ReferenceCountUtil.safeRelease(b);
-                }
+                ctx.write(nioBufferCopy(b.getFirst()), ctx.voidPromise());
+                ctx.write(nioBufferCopy(b.getSecond()), compositePromise);
             } else {
                 ctx.write(msg, promise);
             }
         }
+
+        // Make a shallow copy of the ByteBuf using ByteBuf.nioBuffers()/nioBuffer() method.
+        // This is needed since SslHandler will call internalNioBuffer methods on the ByteBuf instance which is
+        // not thread safe when the ByteBuf instance is shared across multiple threads.
+        // This method works around the issue.
+        // Notice: The original ByteBuf continues to control the lifecycle of the underlying memory allocation.
+        // This is fine in this case since the ByteBufPair keeps the reference counts, and it is released after
+        // the write method completes.
+        private ByteBuf nioBufferCopy(ByteBuf buf) {
+            int nioBufferCount = buf.nioBufferCount();
+            if (nioBufferCount > 1) {
+                return Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(buf.nioBuffers());
+            } else {
+                return Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(buf.nioBuffer());
+            }
+        }
     }
 
 }