diff --git a/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/NettyServerTransport.java b/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/NettyServerTransport.java
index 3638dd5b0d..d9e0bdedac 100644
--- a/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/NettyServerTransport.java
+++ b/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/NettyServerTransport.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import io.netty.util.concurrent.Future;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.GenericFutureListener;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
+import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ class NettyServerTransport implements ServerTransport {
   @VisibleForTesting
   static Level getLogLevel(Throwable t) {
     if (t.getClass().equals(IOException.class)
+        || t.getClass().equals(SocketException.class)
         || QUIET_EXCEPTIONS.contains(t.getClass().getSimpleName())) {
       return Level.FINE;
     }
diff --git a/netty/src/test/java/io/grpc/netty/NettyServerTransportTest.java b/netty/src/test/java/io/grpc/netty/NettyServerTransportTest.java
index 41e7791a2b..c4e0b4a2e2 100644
--- a/netty/src/test/java/io/grpc/netty/NettyServerTransportTest.java
+++ b/netty/src/test/java/io/grpc/netty/NettyServerTransportTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ public class NettyServerTransportTest {
     assertEquals(Level.INFO, getLogLevel(new Exception()));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void socketException() {
+    assertEquals(Level.FINE, getLogLevel(new SocketException("Connection reset")));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void ioException() {
     assertEquals(Level.FINE, getLogLevel(new IOException("Connection reset by peer")));