diff --git a/p2p/discover/portal_protocol.go b/p2p/discover/portal_protocol.go
index 229120502c12..a56f7e6dc82f 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/portal_protocol.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/portal_protocol.go
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ func (p *PortalProtocol) processContent(target *enode.Node, resp []byte) (byte,
 		}
 		// Read ALL the data from the connection until EOF and return it
 		data, err := io.ReadAll(conn)
+		conn.Close()
 		if err != nil {
 			p.Log.Error("failed to read from utp connection", "err", err)
 			return 0xff, nil, err
@@ -1189,6 +1190,7 @@ func (p *PortalProtocol) handleOffer(id enode.ID, addr *net.UDPAddr, request *po
 					// Read ALL the data from the connection until EOF and return it
 					var data []byte
 					data, err = io.ReadAll(conn)
+					conn.Close()
 					if err != nil {
 						p.Log.Error("failed to read from utp connection", "err", err)
 						return