diff --git a/src/v/kafka/server/connection_context.cc b/src/v/kafka/server/connection_context.cc
index bffc5dd8a9d3..d046f5cbfdb0 100644
--- a/src/v/kafka/server/connection_context.cc
+++ b/src/v/kafka/server/connection_context.cc
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ connection_context::dispatch_method_once(request_header hdr, size_t size) {
                                seq,
                                correlation,
                                self,
-                               s = std::move(sres)](ss::future<> d) mutable {
+                               sres = std::move(sres)](ss::future<> d) mutable {
                     /*
                      * if the dispatch/first stage failed, then we need to
                      * need to consume the second stage since it might be
@@ -362,13 +362,22 @@ connection_context::dispatch_method_once(request_header hdr, size_t size) {
                     ssx::background
                       = ssx::spawn_with_gate_then(
                           _rs.conn_gate(),
-                          [this, f = std::move(f), seq, correlation]() mutable {
-                              return f.then([this, seq, correlation](
-                                              response_ptr r) mutable {
-                                  r->set_correlation(correlation);
-                                  _responses.insert({seq, std::move(r)});
-                                  return maybe_process_responses();
-                              });
+                          [this,
+                           f = std::move(f),
+                           sres = std::move(sres),
+                           seq,
+                           correlation]() mutable {
+                              return f.then(
+                                [this,
+                                 sres = std::move(sres),
+                                 seq,
+                                 correlation](response_ptr r) mutable {
+                                    r->set_correlation(correlation);
+                                    response_and_resources randr{
+                                      std::move(r), std::move(sres)};
+                                    _responses.insert({seq, std::move(randr)});
+                                    return maybe_process_responses();
+                                });
                           })
                           .handle_exception([self](std::exception_ptr e) {
                               // ssx::spawn_with_gate already caught
@@ -397,8 +406,7 @@ connection_context::dispatch_method_once(request_header hdr, size_t size) {
 
                               self->_rs.probe().service_error();
                               self->_rs.conn->shutdown_input();
-                          })
-                          .finally([s = std::move(s), self] {});
+                          });
                     return d;
                 })
                 .handle_exception([self](std::exception_ptr e) {
@@ -433,20 +441,25 @@ ss::future<> connection_context::maybe_process_responses() {
         // found one; increment counter
         _next_response = _next_response + sequence_id(1);
 
-        auto r = std::move(it->second);
+        auto resp_and_res = std::move(it->second);
+
         _responses.erase(it);
 
-        if (r->is_noop()) {
+        if (resp_and_res.response->is_noop()) {
             return ss::make_ready_future<ss::stop_iteration>(
               ss::stop_iteration::no);
         }
 
-        auto msg = response_as_scattered(std::move(r));
+        auto msg = response_as_scattered(std::move(resp_and_res.response));
         try {
-            return _rs.conn->write(std::move(msg)).then([] {
-                return ss::make_ready_future<ss::stop_iteration>(
-                  ss::stop_iteration::no);
-            });
+            return _rs.conn->write(std::move(msg))
+              .then([] {
+                  return ss::make_ready_future<ss::stop_iteration>(
+                    ss::stop_iteration::no);
+              })
+              // release the resources only once it has been written to the
+              // connection.
+              .finally([resources = std::move(resp_and_res.resources)] {});
         } catch (...) {
             vlog(
               klog.debug,
diff --git a/src/v/kafka/server/connection_context.h b/src/v/kafka/server/connection_context.h
index 12ef73e40d18..e0b5766827cf 100644
--- a/src/v/kafka/server/connection_context.h
+++ b/src/v/kafka/server/connection_context.h
@@ -191,8 +191,16 @@ class connection_context final
     ss::future<> handle_auth_v0(size_t);
 
 private:
+    /**
+     * Bundles together a response and its associated resources.
+     */
+    struct response_and_resources {
+        response_ptr response;
+        session_resources resources;
+    };
+
     using sequence_id = named_type<uint64_t, struct kafka_protocol_sequence>;
-    using map_t = absl::flat_hash_map<sequence_id, response_ptr>;
+    using map_t = absl::flat_hash_map<sequence_id, response_and_resources>;
 
     class ctx_log {
     public: