diff --git a/okhttp/src/main/kotlin/okhttp3/internal/ws/MessageInflater.kt b/okhttp/src/main/kotlin/okhttp3/internal/ws/MessageInflater.kt
index 382a2a4d9e51..1bcf28fce93b 100644
--- a/okhttp/src/main/kotlin/okhttp3/internal/ws/MessageInflater.kt
+++ b/okhttp/src/main/kotlin/okhttp3/internal/ws/MessageInflater.kt
@@ -28,19 +28,22 @@ class MessageInflater(
 ) : Closeable {
   private val deflatedBytes = Buffer()
 
-  private val inflater =
-    Inflater(
-      // nowrap (omits zlib header):
-      true,
-    )
-
-  private val inflaterSource = InflaterSource(deflatedBytes, inflater)
+  // Lazily-created.
+  private var inflater: Inflater? = null
+  private var inflaterSource: InflaterSource? = null
 
   /** Inflates [buffer] in place as described in RFC 7692 section 7.2.2. */
   @Throws(IOException::class)
   fun inflate(buffer: Buffer) {
     require(deflatedBytes.size == 0L)
 
+    val inflater =
+      this.inflater
+        ?: Inflater(true).also { this.inflater = it }
+    val inflaterSource =
+      this.inflaterSource
+        ?: InflaterSource(deflatedBytes, inflater).also { this.inflaterSource = it }
+
     if (noContextTakeover) {
       inflater.reset()
     }
@@ -55,8 +58,21 @@ class MessageInflater(
     do {
       inflaterSource.readOrInflate(buffer, Long.MAX_VALUE)
     } while (inflater.bytesRead < totalBytesToRead && !inflater.finished())
+
+    // The inflater data was self-terminated and there's unexpected trailing data. Tear it all down
+    // so we don't leak that data into the input of the next message.
+    if (inflater.bytesRead < totalBytesToRead) {
+      deflatedBytes.clear()
+      inflaterSource.close()
+      this.inflaterSource = null
+      this.inflater = null
+    }
   }
 
   @Throws(IOException::class)
-  override fun close() = inflaterSource.close()
+  override fun close() {
+    inflaterSource?.close()
+    inflaterSource = null
+    inflater = null
+  }
 }
diff --git a/okhttp/src/test/java/okhttp3/internal/ws/MessageDeflaterInflaterTest.kt b/okhttp/src/test/java/okhttp3/internal/ws/MessageDeflaterInflaterTest.kt
index b9d444268d1b..3c9cf2cdd974 100644
--- a/okhttp/src/test/java/okhttp3/internal/ws/MessageDeflaterInflaterTest.kt
+++ b/okhttp/src/test/java/okhttp3/internal/ws/MessageDeflaterInflaterTest.kt
@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@ import assertk.assertThat
 import assertk.assertions.isEqualTo
 import assertk.assertions.isLessThan
 import java.io.EOFException
+import java.util.zip.Deflater
 import kotlin.test.assertFailsWith
 import okhttp3.TestUtil.fragmentBuffer
 import okio.Buffer
 import okio.ByteString
 import okio.ByteString.Companion.decodeHex
 import okio.ByteString.Companion.encodeUtf8
+import okio.DeflaterSink
+import okio.use
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 
 internal class MessageDeflaterInflaterTest {
@@ -136,6 +139,41 @@ internal class MessageDeflaterInflaterTest {
     assertThat(buffer.readUtf8()).isEqualTo("Hello inflation!")
   }
 
+  /**
+   * It's possible a self-terminating deflated message will contain trailing data that won't be
+   * processed during inflation. If this happens, we need to either reject the message or discard
+   * the unreachable data. We choose to discard it!
+   *
+   * In practice this could happen if the encoder doesn't strip the [0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff] suffix
+   * and that ends up repeated.
+   *
+   * https://github.com/square/okhttp/issues/8551
+   */
+  @Test
+  fun `deflated data has too many bytes`() {
+    val inflater = MessageInflater(true)
+    val buffer = Buffer()
+
+    val message1 = "hello".encodeUtf8()
+    val message2 = "hello 2".encodeUtf8()
+
+    DeflaterSink(buffer, Deflater(Deflater.DEFAULT_COMPRESSION, true)).use { sink ->
+      sink.write(Buffer().write(message1), message1.size.toLong())
+    }
+    buffer.writeByte(0x00)
+    // Trailing data. We use the Okio segment size to make sure it's still in the input buffer.
+    buffer.write(ByteArray(8192))
+    inflater.inflate(buffer)
+    assertThat(buffer.readByteString()).isEqualTo(message1)
+
+    DeflaterSink(buffer, Deflater(Deflater.DEFAULT_COMPRESSION, true)).use { sink ->
+      sink.write(Buffer().write(message2), message2.size.toLong())
+    }
+    buffer.writeByte(0x00)
+    inflater.inflate(buffer)
+    assertThat(buffer.readByteString()).isEqualTo(message2)
+  }
+
   private fun MessageDeflater.deflate(byteString: ByteString): ByteString {
     val buffer = Buffer()
     buffer.write(byteString)