diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Network.Stats/Model/DisconnectReason.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Network.Stats/Model/DisconnectReason.cs
index c14265ea159f..fbd862be8795 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Network.Stats/Model/DisconnectReason.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Network.Stats/Model/DisconnectReason.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public enum DisconnectReason : byte
     ReplacingSessionWithOppositeDirection,
     OppositeDirectionCleanup,
     BackgroundTaskFailure,
+    ConnectionReset,
     Exception,
 
     // Non sync, non connection related disconnect
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ public static EthDisconnectReason ToEthDisconnectReason(this DisconnectReason di
             DisconnectReason.IdentitySameAsSelf => EthDisconnectReason.IdentitySameAsSelf,
             DisconnectReason.ReceiveMessageTimeout => EthDisconnectReason.ReceiveMessageTimeout,
             DisconnectReason.MultipleHeaderDependencies => EthDisconnectReason.MultipleHeaderDependencies,
+            DisconnectReason.ConnectionReset => EthDisconnectReason.TcpSubSystemError,
             _ => EthDisconnectReason.Other,
         };
     }
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Network/P2P/ProtocolHandlers/ZeroNettyP2PHandler.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Network/P2P/ProtocolHandlers/ZeroNettyP2PHandler.cs
index df1e76503813..de02eb25e4ec 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Network/P2P/ProtocolHandlers/ZeroNettyP2PHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Network/P2P/ProtocolHandlers/ZeroNettyP2PHandler.cs
@@ -121,7 +121,12 @@ public override void ExceptionCaught(IChannelHandlerContext context, Exception e
         }
         else if (_session?.Node?.IsStatic != true)
         {
-            _session.InitiateDisconnect(DisconnectReason.Exception, $"Error in communication with {GetClientId(_session)} ({exception.GetType().Name}): {exception.Message}");
+            DisconnectReason reason =
+                exception is SocketException socketException &&
+                socketException.SocketErrorCode == SocketError.ConnectionReset
+                    ? DisconnectReason.ConnectionReset
+                    : DisconnectReason.Exception;
+            _session.InitiateDisconnect(reason, $"Error in communication with {GetClientId(_session)} ({exception.GetType().Name}): {exception.Message}");
         }
         else
         {