diff --git a/rt/features/logging/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/ext/logging/LoggingOutInterceptor.java b/rt/features/logging/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/ext/logging/LoggingOutInterceptor.java
index 11a39cd2cf8..9aa8a3cba85 100644
--- a/rt/features/logging/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/ext/logging/LoggingOutInterceptor.java
+++ b/rt/features/logging/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/ext/logging/LoggingOutInterceptor.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 import org.apache.cxf.common.injection.NoJSR250Annotations;
 import org.apache.cxf.common.util.StringUtils;
@@ -70,7 +71,10 @@ public void handleMessage(Message message) throws Fault {
         createExchangeId(message);
         final OutputStream os = message.getContent(OutputStream.class);
         if (os != null) {
-            LoggingCallback callback = new LoggingCallback(sender, message, os, limit);
+            // Wrap the callback to ensure logging only once and to avoid memory leaks (CXF-9251)
+            OneTimeLoggingCallback callback = new OneTimeLoggingCallback(
+                    new LoggingCallback(sender, message, os, limit)
+            );
             message.setContent(OutputStream.class, createCachingOut(message, os, callback));
         } else {
             final Writer iowriter = message.getContent(Writer.class);
@@ -179,6 +183,53 @@ private void writePayload(StringBuilder builder, StringWriter stringWriter, LogE
         }
     }
 
+
+    /***
+     *     [CXF-9251]
+     *     If CachedOutputStream cos has a tmp file (so 'threshold' was triggered), after the introduction of
+     *     DelayedCachedOutputStreamCleaner, a reference of LoggingOutputStream
+     *     is held in a queue list ( DelayQueue<DelayedCloseable> queue )
+     *     If something goes wrong while closing the LoggingOutputStream, onClose() can be recall
+     *     and log twice (or more) when trying to delete the orphan tmp file.
+     *     Furthermore, the LoggingOutputStream that registered LoggingCallback holds a reference to that
+     *     Object (and its attributes... like Message instance), so it remains in memory avoiding GC until the
+     *     DelayedCachedOutputStreamCleaner does his job (default 30 minutes)
+     *     -----------
+     *     Solution:
+     *     This class ensures we log only once, and then dereferences the original LoggingCallback, making it
+     *     eligible for garbage collection.
+     */
+    public class OneTimeLoggingCallback implements CachedOutputStreamCallback {
+        private LoggingCallback wrappedCallback;
+        private final AtomicBoolean alreadyClosed = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+
+        public OneTimeLoggingCallback(LoggingCallback wrappedCallback) {
+            this.wrappedCallback = wrappedCallback;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onClose(CachedOutputStream cos) {
+            // Ensure to log only once
+            if (alreadyClosed.compareAndSet(false, true) && wrappedCallback != null) {
+                try {
+                    wrappedCallback.onClose(cos);
+                } finally {
+                    // Make the original Callback (and its attribute) eligible for GC
+                    // This is especially useful if the cos with a reference for this Callback
+                    // is still held in a list (such as the one used by DelayedCachedOutputStreamCleaner)
+                    this.wrappedCallback = null;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onFlush(CachedOutputStream cos) {
+            if (!alreadyClosed.get() && wrappedCallback != null) {
+                wrappedCallback.onFlush(cos);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public class LoggingCallback implements CachedOutputStreamCallback {
 
         private final Message message;