diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ByteBufferBackedChannelBuffer.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ByteBufferBackedChannelBuffer.java
index caadaddcbb..1a4bc5678f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ByteBufferBackedChannelBuffer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ByteBufferBackedChannelBuffer.java
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class ByteBufferBackedChannelBuffer extends AbstractChannelBuffer {
 
         int readBytes = 0;
 
-        if (!buffer.isReadOnly() && buffer.hasArray()) {
+        if (buffer.hasArray()) {
             index += buffer.arrayOffset();
             do {
                 int localReadBytes = in.read(buffer.array(), index, length);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ChannelBuffers.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ChannelBuffers.java
index cc4b3e924e..a5c535080a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ChannelBuffers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ChannelBuffers.java
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public class ChannelBuffers {
         if (!buffer.hasRemaining()) {
             return EMPTY_BUFFER;
         }
-        if (!buffer.isReadOnly() && buffer.hasArray()) {
+        if (buffer.hasArray()) {
             return wrappedBuffer(buffer.order(), buffer.array(), buffer.arrayOffset(),buffer.remaining());
         } else {
             return new ByteBufferBackedChannelBuffer(buffer);