--- a/src/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/SSLSocketImpl.java	Wed Nov 11 01:31:03 2020 +0000
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/SSLSocketImpl.java	Fri Sep 20 21:33:24 2019 +0000
@@ -1631,6 +1631,18 @@
         }
 
         if (autoClose || !isLayered()) {
+            // Try to clear the kernel buffer to avoid TCP connection resets.
+            if (conContext.inputRecord instanceof
+                    SSLSocketInputRecord && isConnected) {
+                if (appInput.readLock.tryLock()) {
+                    try {
+                        ((SSLSocketInputRecord) (conContext.inputRecord)).deplete(false);
+                    } finally {
+                        appInput.readLock.unlock();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             super.close();
         } else if (selfInitiated) {
             if (!conContext.isInboundClosed() && !isInputShutdown()) {

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/sun/security/ssl/SSLSocketImpl/SSLSocketReset.java	Fri Sep 20 21:33:24 2019 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Azul, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+//
+// Please run in othervm mode.  SunJSSE does not support dynamic system
+// properties, no way to re-use system properties in samevm/agentvm mode.
+//
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8268965
+ * @summary Socket reset issue for TLS socket close
+ * @run main/othervm -Djdk.net.usePlainSocketImpl=true SSLSocketReset
+ */
+
+import javax.net.ssl.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.*;
+
+public class SSLSocketReset {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args){
+        ServerThread serverThread = null;
+        Exception clientException = null;
+        try {
+            SSLServerSocketFactory sslserversocketfactory =
+                    SSLContext.getDefault().getServerSocketFactory();
+            SSLServerSocket sslServerSocket =
+                    (SSLServerSocket) sslserversocketfactory.createServerSocket(0);
+            serverThread = new ServerThread(sslServerSocket);
+            serverThread.start();
+            try {
+                Socket socket = new Socket(sslServerSocket.getInetAddress(), sslServerSocket.getLocalPort());
+                DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(socket.getInputStream());
+                DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
+
+                String msg = "Hello";
+                out.writeUTF(msg);
+                out.flush();
+                msg = in.readUTF();
+            } catch(Exception e) {
+                clientException = e;
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+            serverThread.join();
+        } catch(Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Fails to start SSL server");
+        }
+        if (serverThread.exception instanceof SSLException &&
+                serverThread.exception.getMessage().equals("Unsupported or unrecognized SSL message") &&
+                !(clientException instanceof SocketException &&
+                clientException.getMessage().equals("Connection reset"))) {
+                System.out.println("Test PASSED");
+        } else {
+            throw new RuntimeException("TCP connection reset");
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Thread handling the server socket
+    private static class ServerThread extends Thread {
+        private SSLServerSocket sslServerSocket = null;
+        private SSLSocket sslSocket = null;
+        Exception exception;
+
+        ServerThread(SSLServerSocket sslServerSocket){
+            this.sslServerSocket = sslServerSocket;
+        }
+
+        public void run(){
+            try {
+                SSLSocket sslsocket = null;
+                while (true) {
+                    sslsocket = (SSLSocket) sslServerSocket.accept();
+                    DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(sslsocket.getInputStream());
+                    DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(sslsocket.getOutputStream());
+                    String string;
+                    while ((string = in.readUTF()) != null) {
+                        out.writeUTF(string);
+                        out.flush();
+                    }
+                }
+            } catch(Exception e) {
+                exception = e;
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}