diff --git a/msa/black-box-tests/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/msa/connectivity/MqttClientTest.java b/msa/black-box-tests/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/msa/connectivity/MqttClientTest.java
index 1b1ed9bf0f..eb30ef8b9c 100644
--- a/msa/black-box-tests/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/msa/connectivity/MqttClientTest.java
+++ b/msa/black-box-tests/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/msa/connectivity/MqttClientTest.java
@@ -556,22 +556,6 @@ public class MqttClientTest extends AbstractContainerTest {
         assertThat(provisionResponse.get("status").asText()).isEqualTo("NOT_FOUND");
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void regularDisconnect() throws Exception {
-        DeviceCredentials deviceCredentials = testRestClient.getDeviceCredentialsByDeviceId(device.getId());
-
-        MqttMessageListener listener = new MqttMessageListener();
-        MqttClient mqttClient = getMqttClient(deviceCredentials, listener, MqttVersion.MQTT_5);
-        final List<Byte> returnCodeByteValue = new ArrayList<>();
-        MqttClientCallback callbackForDisconnectWithReturnCode = getCallbackWrapperForDisconnectWithReturnCode(returnCodeByteValue);
-        mqttClient.setCallback(callbackForDisconnectWithReturnCode);
-        mqttClient.disconnect();
-        Thread.sleep(1000);
-        assertThat(returnCodeByteValue.size()).isEqualTo(1);
-        MqttReasonCodes.Disconnect returnCode = MqttReasonCodes.Disconnect.valueOf(returnCodeByteValue.get(0));
-        assertThat(returnCode).isEqualTo(MqttReasonCodes.Disconnect.NORMAL_DISCONNECT);
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void clientSessionTakenOverDisconnect() throws Exception {
         DeviceCredentials deviceCredentials = testRestClient.getDeviceCredentialsByDeviceId(device.getId());
diff --git a/netty-mqtt/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/mqtt/MqttClientImpl.java b/netty-mqtt/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/mqtt/MqttClientImpl.java
index 543553951d..801470284b 100644
--- a/netty-mqtt/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/mqtt/MqttClientImpl.java
+++ b/netty-mqtt/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/mqtt/MqttClientImpl.java
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ final class MqttClientImpl implements MqttClient {
 
     private final ListeningExecutor handlerExecutor;
 
+    private final static int DISCONNECT_FALLBACK_DELAY_SECS = 1;
+
     /**
      * Construct the MqttClientImpl with default config
      */
@@ -456,16 +458,25 @@ final class MqttClientImpl implements MqttClient {
 
     @Override
     public void disconnect() {
+        if (disconnected) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         log.trace("[{}] Disconnecting from server", channel != null ? channel.id() : "UNKNOWN");
-        disconnected = true;
         if (this.channel != null) {
             MqttMessage message = new MqttMessage(new MqttFixedHeader(MqttMessageType.DISCONNECT, false, MqttQoS.AT_MOST_ONCE, false, 0));
-            ChannelFuture channelFuture = this.sendAndFlushPacket(message);
+
+            sendAndFlushPacket(message).addListener((ChannelFutureListener) future -> {
+                future.channel().close();
+                disconnected = true;
+            });
             eventLoop.schedule(() -> {
-                if (!channelFuture.isDone()) {
+                if (channel.isOpen()) {
+                    log.trace("[{}] Channel still open after {} second; forcing close now", channel.id(), DISCONNECT_FALLBACK_DELAY_SECS);
                     this.channel.close();
+                    disconnected = true;
                 }
-            }, 500, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+            }, DISCONNECT_FALLBACK_DELAY_SECS, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/netty-mqtt/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/mqtt/MqttClientTest.java b/netty-mqtt/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/mqtt/MqttClientTest.java
index 1481b354ee..60e625aa8d 100644
--- a/netty-mqtt/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/mqtt/MqttClientTest.java
+++ b/netty-mqtt/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/mqtt/MqttClientTest.java
@@ -119,6 +119,26 @@ class MqttClientTest {
         assertThat(client.isConnected()).isTrue();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testDisconnectFromBroker() {
+        // GIVEN
+        var clientConfig = new MqttClientConfig();
+        clientConfig.setOwnerId("Test[Disconnect]");
+        clientConfig.setClientId("disconnect");
+
+        client = MqttClient.create(clientConfig, null, handlerExecutor);
+
+        connect(broker.getHost(), broker.getMqttPort());
+
+        // WHEN
+        client.disconnect();
+
+        // THEN
+        Awaitility.await("waiting for client to disconnect")
+                .atMost(Duration.ofSeconds(5))
+                .untilAsserted(() -> assertThat(client.isConnected()).isFalse());
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testDisconnectDueToKeepAliveIfNoActivity() {
         // GIVEN