diff --git a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/internal/networking/nio/NioNetworking.java b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/internal/networking/nio/NioNetworking.java
index 5f314dc45fb8..6962819a90e0 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/internal/networking/nio/NioNetworking.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/internal/networking/nio/NioNetworking.java
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ public void shutdown() {
         shutdown(outputThreads);
         outputThreads = null;
         closeListenerExecutor.shutdown();
+        metricsRegistry.deregister(ioBalancer);
     }
 
     private void shutdown(NioThread[] threads) {
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ private void shutdown(NioThread[] threads) {
         }
         for (NioThread thread : threads) {
             thread.shutdown();
+            metricsRegistry.deregister(thread);
         }
     }