diff --git a/src/Orleans.Core/Messaging/InvalidMessageFrameException.cs b/src/Orleans.Core/Messaging/InvalidMessageFrameException.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28eb9ce971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orleans.Core/Messaging/InvalidMessageFrameException.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#nullable enable
+
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+
+namespace Orleans.Runtime.Messaging;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Indicates that a message frame is invalid, either when sending a message or receiving a message.
+/// </summary>
+[GenerateSerializer]
+public sealed class InvalidMessageFrameException : OrleansException
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="InvalidMessageFrameException"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    public InvalidMessageFrameException()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="InvalidMessageFrameException"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="message">The message that describes the error.</param>
+    public InvalidMessageFrameException(string message) : base(message)
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="InvalidMessageFrameException"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="message">The message that describes the error.</param>
+    /// <param name="innerException">The exception that is the cause of the current exception.</param>
+    public InvalidMessageFrameException(string message, Exception innerException) : base(message, innerException)
+    {
+    }
+
+    protected InvalidMessageFrameException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) : base(info, context)
+    {
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orleans.Core/Messaging/MessageSerializer.cs b/src/Orleans.Core/Messaging/MessageSerializer.cs
index 5de5ad8911..7131d508ae 100644
--- a/src/Orleans.Core/Messaging/MessageSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/Orleans.Core/Messaging/MessageSerializer.cs
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ private ResponseCodec GetRawCodec(Type fieldType)
                 }
 
                 var bodyLength = bufferWriter.CommittedBytes - headerLength;
+
                 // Before completing, check lengths
                 ThrowIfLengthsInvalid(headerLength, bodyLength);
 
@@ -217,8 +218,8 @@ private void ThrowIfLengthsInvalid(int headerLength, int bodyLength)
             if ((uint)bodyLength > (uint)_maxBodyLength) ThrowInvalidBodyLength(bodyLength);
         }
 
-        private void ThrowInvalidHeaderLength(int headerLength) => throw new OrleansException($"Invalid header size: {headerLength} (max configured value is {_maxHeaderLength}, see {nameof(MessagingOptions.MaxMessageHeaderSize)})");
-        private void ThrowInvalidBodyLength(int bodyLength) => throw new OrleansException($"Invalid body size: {bodyLength} (max configured value is {_maxBodyLength}, see {nameof(MessagingOptions.MaxMessageBodySize)})");
+        private void ThrowInvalidHeaderLength(int headerLength) => throw new InvalidMessageFrameException($"Invalid header size: {headerLength} (max configured value is {_maxHeaderLength}, see {nameof(MessagingOptions.MaxMessageHeaderSize)})");
+        private void ThrowInvalidBodyLength(int bodyLength) => throw new InvalidMessageFrameException($"Invalid body size: {bodyLength} (max configured value is {_maxBodyLength}, see {nameof(MessagingOptions.MaxMessageBodySize)})");
 
         private void Serialize<TBufferWriter>(ref Writer<TBufferWriter> writer, Message value, PackedHeaders headers) where TBufferWriter : IBufferWriter<byte>
         {
diff --git a/src/Orleans.Core/Networking/Connection.cs b/src/Orleans.Core/Networking/Connection.cs
index 02944fdacc..d306e641d3 100644
--- a/src/Orleans.Core/Networking/Connection.cs
+++ b/src/Orleans.Core/Networking/Connection.cs
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ private async Task ProcessIncoming()
             {
                 var input = this._transport.Input;
                 var requiredBytes = 0;
-                Message message = default;
                 while (true)
                 {
                     var readResult = await input.ReadAsync();
@@ -298,6 +297,7 @@ private async Task ProcessIncoming()
                     {
                         do
                         {
+                            Message message = default;
                             try
                             {
                                 int headerLength, bodyLength;
@@ -309,11 +309,14 @@ private async Task ProcessIncoming()
                                     var handler = MessageHandlerPool.Get();
                                     handler.Set(message, this);
                                     ThreadPool.UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem(handler, preferLocal: true);
-                                    message = null;
                                 }
                             }
-                            catch (Exception exception) when (this.HandleReceiveMessageFailure(message, exception))
+                            catch (Exception exception)
                             {
+                                if (!HandleReceiveMessageFailure(message, exception))
+                                {
+                                    throw;
+                                }   
                             }
                         } while (requiredBytes == 0);
                     }
@@ -375,9 +378,12 @@ private async Task ProcessOutgoing()
                             message = null;
                         }
                     }
-                    catch (Exception exception) when (message != default)
+                    catch (Exception exception)
                     {
-                        this.OnMessageSerializationFailure(message, exception);
+                        if (!HandleSendMessageFailure(message, exception))
+                        {
+                            throw;
+                        }
                     }
 
                     var flushResult = await output.FlushAsync();
@@ -444,7 +450,7 @@ private static EndPoint NormalizeEndpoint(EndPoint endpoint)
         /// <returns><see langword="true"/> if the exception should not be caught and <see langword="false"/> if it should be caught.</returns>
         private bool HandleReceiveMessageFailure(Message message, Exception exception)
         {
-            this.Log.LogWarning(
+            this.Log.LogError(
                 exception,
                 "Exception reading message {Message} from remote endpoint {Remote} to local endpoint {Local}",
                 message,
@@ -452,7 +458,7 @@ private bool HandleReceiveMessageFailure(Message message, Exception exception)
                 this.LocalEndPoint);
 
             // If deserialization completely failed, rethrow the exception so that it can be handled at another level.
-            if (message is null)
+            if (message is null || exception is InvalidMessageFrameException)
             {
                 // Returning false here informs the caller that the exception should not be caught.
                 return false;
@@ -486,16 +492,23 @@ private bool HandleReceiveMessageFailure(Message message, Exception exception)
             return true;
         }
 
-        private void OnMessageSerializationFailure(Message message, Exception exception)
+        private bool HandleSendMessageFailure(Message message, Exception exception)
         {
-            // we only get here if we failed to serialize the msg (or any other catastrophic failure).
+            // We get here if we failed to serialize the msg (or any other catastrophic failure).
             // Request msg fails to serialize on the sender, so we just enqueue a rejection msg.
             // Response msg fails to serialize on the responding silo, so we try to send an error response back.
-            this.Log.LogWarning(
-                (int)ErrorCode.Messaging_SerializationError,
+            this.Log.LogError(
                 exception,
-                "Unexpected error serializing message {Message}",
-                message);
+                "Exception sending message {Message} to remote endpoint {Remote} from local endpoint {Local}",
+                message,
+                this.RemoteEndPoint,
+                this.LocalEndPoint);
+
+            if (message is null || exception is InvalidMessageFrameException)
+            {
+                // Returning false here informs the caller that the exception should not be caught.
+                return false;
+            }
 
             MessagingInstruments.OnFailedSentMessage(message);
 
@@ -527,6 +540,8 @@ private void OnMessageSerializationFailure(Message message, Exception exception)
 
                 MessagingInstruments.OnDroppedSentMessage(message);
             }
+
+            return true;
         }
 
         private sealed class MessageHandlerPoolPolicy : PooledObjectPolicy<MessageHandler>
diff --git a/test/NonSilo.Tests/Serialization/MessageSerializerTests.cs b/test/NonSilo.Tests/Serialization/MessageSerializerTests.cs
index 110925610a..af8caea53f 100644
--- a/test/NonSilo.Tests/Serialization/MessageSerializerTests.cs
+++ b/test/NonSilo.Tests/Serialization/MessageSerializerTests.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public void Message_SerializeHeaderTooBig()
 
                 var pipe = new Pipe(new PipeOptions(pauseWriterThreshold: 0));
                 var writer = pipe.Writer;
-                Assert.Throws<OrleansException>(() => this.messageSerializer.Write(writer, message));
+                Assert.Throws<InvalidMessageFrameException>(() => this.messageSerializer.Write(writer, message));
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public void Message_SerializeBodyTooBig()
 
             var pipe = new Pipe(new PipeOptions(pauseWriterThreshold: 0));
             var writer = pipe.Writer;
-            Assert.Throws<OrleansException>(() => this.messageSerializer.Write(writer, message));
+            Assert.Throws<InvalidMessageFrameException>(() => this.messageSerializer.Write(writer, message));
         }
 
         [Fact, TestCategory("Functional"), TestCategory("Serialization")]
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ private void DeserializeFakeMessage(int headerSize, int bodySize)
 
             pipe.Reader.TryRead(out var readResult);
             var reader = readResult.Buffer;
-            Assert.Throws<OrleansException>(() => this.messageSerializer.TryRead(ref reader, out var message));
+            Assert.Throws<InvalidMessageFrameException>(() => this.messageSerializer.TryRead(ref reader, out var message));
         }
 
         private Message RoundTripMessage(Message message)