diff --git a/fluss-client/src/main/java/org/apache/fluss/client/write/Sender.java b/fluss-client/src/main/java/org/apache/fluss/client/write/Sender.java
index b16780035f..ed645b6e5e 100644
--- a/fluss-client/src/main/java/org/apache/fluss/client/write/Sender.java
+++ b/fluss-client/src/main/java/org/apache/fluss/client/write/Sender.java
@@ -393,20 +393,28 @@ private void sendWriteRequest(int destination, short acks, List<ReadyWriteBatch>
         } else {
             writeBatchByTable.forEach(
                     (tableId, writeBatches) -> {
-                        if (isLogBatches(writeBatches)) {
-                            sendProduceLogRequestAndHandleResponse(
-                                    gateway,
-                                    makeProduceLogRequest(
-                                            tableId, acks, maxRequestTimeoutMs, writeBatches),
-                                    tableId,
-                                    writeBatches);
-                        } else {
-                            sendPutKvRequestAndHandleResponse(
-                                    gateway,
-                                    makePutKvRequest(
-                                            tableId, acks, maxRequestTimeoutMs, writeBatches),
-                                    tableId,
-                                    writeBatches);
+                        try {
+                            if (isLogBatches(writeBatches)) {
+                                sendProduceLogRequestAndHandleResponse(
+                                        gateway,
+                                        makeProduceLogRequest(
+                                                tableId, acks, maxRequestTimeoutMs, writeBatches),
+                                        tableId,
+                                        writeBatches);
+                            } else {
+                                sendPutKvRequestAndHandleResponse(
+                                        gateway,
+                                        makePutKvRequest(
+                                                tableId, acks, maxRequestTimeoutMs, writeBatches),
+                                        tableId,
+                                        writeBatches);
+                            }
+                        } catch (Throwable t) {
+                            // A gateway may throw before returning a future, for example when RPC
+                            // encoding runs out of direct memory. No callback is registered in that
+                            // case, so complete the drained batches to release their buffer pages
+                            // and in-flight state.
+                            handleWriteRequestException(t, writeBatches);
                         }
                     });
         }
diff --git a/fluss-client/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/client/write/SenderTest.java b/fluss-client/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/client/write/SenderTest.java
index 69d9c669c9..53788d786b 100644
--- a/fluss-client/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/client/write/SenderTest.java
+++ b/fluss-client/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/client/write/SenderTest.java
@@ -128,6 +128,42 @@ void testSimple() throws Exception {
         assertThat(future.get()).isNull();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testSynchronousGatewayErrorReleasesDrainedKvBatch() throws Exception {
+        sender.destroyResources();
+
+        Map<TablePath, TableInfo> tableInfos = new HashMap<>();
+        tableInfos.put(DATA1_TABLE_PATH, DATA1_TABLE_INFO);
+        tableInfos.put(DATA1_TABLE_PATH_PK, DATA1_TABLE_INFO_PK);
+        TestTabletServerGateway failingGateway =
+                new TestTabletServerGateway(false, Collections.emptySet()) {
+                    @Override
+                    public CompletableFuture<PutKvResponse> putKv(PutKvRequest request) {
+                        throw new OutOfMemoryError("Direct buffer memory");
+                    }
+                };
+        metadataUpdater =
+                TestingMetadataUpdater.builder(tableInfos)
+                        .withTabletServerGateway(TestingMetadataUpdater.NODE1.id(), failingGateway)
+                        .build();
+        writerMetricGroup = TestingWriterMetricGroup.newInstance();
+        sender = setupWithIdempotenceState();
+
+        TableBucket kvBucket = new TableBucket(DATA1_TABLE_ID_PK, 0);
+        CompletableFuture<Exception> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
+        appendKvToAccumulator(
+                kvBucket,
+                compactedRow(DATA1_ROW_TYPE, new Object[] {1, "a"}),
+                (tb, leo, e) -> future.complete(e));
+
+        sender.runOnce();
+
+        assertThat(future).isCompleted();
+        assertThat(future.get()).hasMessageContaining("Direct buffer memory");
+        assertThat(sender.numOfInFlightBatches(kvBucket)).isZero();
+        assertThat(accumulator.hasIncomplete()).isFalse();
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testRetries() throws Exception {
         // create a sender with retries = 1.