diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c76f9db3a596d..cc1b544db08fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Fix tracing context propagation for local transport instrumentation ([#11490](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11490))
 - Fix parsing of single line comments in `lang-painless` ([#11815](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/11815))
 - Fix typo in API annotation check message ([11836](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11836))
+- Fix memory leak issue in ReorganizingLongHash ([#11953](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/11953))
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/util/ReorganizingLongHash.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/util/ReorganizingLongHash.java
index 86e7227cb6c85..fe053a26329e4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/util/ReorganizingLongHash.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/util/ReorganizingLongHash.java
@@ -118,10 +118,17 @@ public ReorganizingLongHash(final long initialCapacity, final float loadFactor,
         mask = capacity - 1;
         grow = (long) (capacity * loadFactor);
         size = 0;
-
-        table = bigArrays.newLongArray(capacity, false);
-        table.fill(0, capacity, -1);  // -1 represents an empty slot
-        keys = bigArrays.newLongArray(initialCapacity, false);
+        try {
+            table = bigArrays.newLongArray(capacity, false);
+            table.fill(0, capacity, -1);  // -1 represents an empty slot
+            keys = bigArrays.newLongArray(initialCapacity, false);
+        } finally {
+            if (table == null || keys == null) {
+                // it's important to close the arrays initialized above to prevent memory leak
+                // refer: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/10154
+                Releasables.closeWhileHandlingException(table, keys);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /**