diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hivemq/client/internal/mqtt/handler/disconnect/MqttDisconnectHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/hivemq/client/internal/mqtt/handler/disconnect/MqttDisconnectHandler.java
index 2cebcdf9d..c45dddd02 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hivemq/client/internal/mqtt/handler/disconnect/MqttDisconnectHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hivemq/client/internal/mqtt/handler/disconnect/MqttDisconnectHandler.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import static com.hivemq.client.internal.mqtt.handler.disconnect.MqttDisconnectUtil.fireDisconnectEvent;
@@ -113,8 +114,8 @@ public void exceptionCaught(final @NotNull ChannelHandlerContext ctx, final @Not
         if (state == null) {
             state = State.CLOSED;
             fireDisconnectEvent(ctx.channel(), new ConnectionClosedException(cause), MqttDisconnectSource.CLIENT);
-        } else {
-            LOGGER.error("Exception while disconnecting.", cause);
+        } else if (!(cause instanceof IOException)) {
+            LOGGER.warn("Exception while disconnecting: {}", cause);
         }
     }