diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollEventLoop.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollEventLoop.java
index 1deab30aa7..c9cb838ed8 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollEventLoop.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollEventLoop.java
@@ -390,19 +390,24 @@ class EpollEventLoop extends SingleThreadEventLoop {
                     //increase the size of the array as we needed the whole space for the events
                     events.increase();
                 }
+            } catch (Error e) {
+                throw (Error) e;
             } catch (Throwable t) {
                 handleLoopException(t);
-            }
-            // Always handle shutdown even if the loop processing threw an exception.
-            try {
-                if (isShuttingDown()) {
-                    closeAll();
-                    if (confirmShutdown()) {
-                        break;
+            } finally {
+                // Always handle shutdown even if the loop processing threw an exception.
+                try {
+                    if (isShuttingDown()) {
+                        closeAll();
+                        if (confirmShutdown()) {
+                            break;
+                        }
                     }
+                } catch (Error e) {
+                    throw (Error) e;
+                } catch (Throwable t) {
+                    handleLoopException(t);
                 }
-            } catch (Throwable t) {
-                handleLoopException(t);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/transport-native-kqueue/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueEventLoop.java b/transport-native-kqueue/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueEventLoop.java
index 51c3b2f16d..6791768a7d 100644
--- a/transport-native-kqueue/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueEventLoop.java
+++ b/transport-native-kqueue/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueEventLoop.java
@@ -297,19 +297,24 @@ final class KQueueEventLoop extends SingleThreadEventLoop {
                     //increase the size of the array as we needed the whole space for the events
                     eventList.realloc(false);
                 }
+            } catch (Error e) {
+                throw (Error) e;
             } catch (Throwable t) {
                 handleLoopException(t);
-            }
-            // Always handle shutdown even if the loop processing threw an exception.
-            try {
-                if (isShuttingDown()) {
-                    closeAll();
-                    if (confirmShutdown()) {
-                        break;
+            } finally {
+                // Always handle shutdown even if the loop processing threw an exception.
+                try {
+                    if (isShuttingDown()) {
+                        closeAll();
+                        if (confirmShutdown()) {
+                            break;
+                        }
                     }
+                } catch (Error e) {
+                    throw (Error) e;
+                } catch (Throwable t) {
+                    handleLoopException(t);
                 }
-            } catch (Throwable t) {
-                handleLoopException(t);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/NioEventLoop.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/NioEventLoop.java
index 3182ca9890..5acdff64d5 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/NioEventLoop.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/NioEventLoop.java
@@ -515,19 +515,24 @@ public final class NioEventLoop extends SingleThreadEventLoop {
                     logger.debug(CancelledKeyException.class.getSimpleName() + " raised by a Selector {} - JDK bug?",
                             selector, e);
                 }
+            } catch (Error e) {
+                throw (Error) e;
             } catch (Throwable t) {
                 handleLoopException(t);
-            }
-            // Always handle shutdown even if the loop processing threw an exception.
-            try {
-                if (isShuttingDown()) {
-                    closeAll();
-                    if (confirmShutdown()) {
-                        return;
+            } finally {
+                // Always handle shutdown even if the loop processing threw an exception.
+                try {
+                    if (isShuttingDown()) {
+                        closeAll();
+                        if (confirmShutdown()) {
+                            return;
+                        }
                     }
+                } catch (Error e) {
+                    throw (Error) e;
+                } catch (Throwable t) {
+                    handleLoopException(t);
                 }
-            } catch (Throwable t) {
-                handleLoopException(t);
             }
         }
     }