diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/DefaultNioSocketChannelConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/DefaultNioSocketChannelConfig.java
index a0897fab2d..58752960c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/DefaultNioSocketChannelConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/DefaultNioSocketChannelConfig.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class DefaultNioSocketChannelConfig extends DefaultSocketChannelConfig
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                     "writeSpinCount must be a positive integer.");
         }
+        this.writeSpinCount = writeSpinCount;
     }
 
     public ReceiveBufferSizePredictor getReceiveBufferSizePredictor() {