diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/ServerSocketSuspendTest.java b/testsuite/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/ServerSocketSuspendTest.java
index cfcd8db9d6..32557291cf 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/ServerSocketSuspendTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/ServerSocketSuspendTest.java
@@ -72,15 +72,19 @@ public class ServerSocketSuspendTest extends AbstractServerSocketTest {
             }
         }
 
+        Thread.sleep(TIMEOUT / 1000000);
+
         try {
             long startTime = System.nanoTime();
             for (int i = 0; i < NUM_CHANNELS; i ++) {
+                System.err.println(i + ": " + System.currentTimeMillis());
                 Socket s = new Socket();
                 s.connect(addr, 10000);
                 sockets.add(s);
             }
             long endTime = System.nanoTime();
 
+            System.err.println(endTime - startTime);
             Assert.assertTrue(endTime - startTime < TIMEOUT);
         } finally {
             for (Socket s: sockets) {
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/bootstrap/ServerBootstrap.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/bootstrap/ServerBootstrap.java
index c57b4b2afc..c7fce485bc 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/bootstrap/ServerBootstrap.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/bootstrap/ServerBootstrap.java
@@ -17,17 +17,16 @@ package io.netty.bootstrap;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.MessageBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
-
 import io.netty.channel.Channel;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelFutureListener;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelFutureListener;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundMessageHandler;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundMessageHandler;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.ServerChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel;
@@ -232,6 +231,7 @@ public class ServerBootstrap extends AbstractBootstrap<ServerBootstrap> {
                 try {
                     childGroup.register(child);
                 } catch (Throwable t) {
+                    child.unsafe().closeForcibly();
                     logger.warn("Failed to register an accepted channel: " + child, t);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/AbstractChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/AbstractChannel.java
index 46096f882d..49d854f82c 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/AbstractChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/AbstractChannel.java
@@ -547,6 +547,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractChannel extends DefaultAttributeMap implements Cha
             }
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public final void closeForcibly() {
+            try {
+                doClose();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                logger.warn("Failed to close a channel.", e);
+            }
+        }
+
         @Override
         public final void deregister(final ChannelFuture future) {
             if (eventLoop().inEventLoop()) {
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/Channel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/Channel.java
index 788daedce8..ea0d3e6969 100755
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/Channel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/Channel.java
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@ public interface Channel extends AttributeMap, ChannelOutboundInvoker, ChannelFu
          */
         void close(ChannelFuture future);
 
+        /**
+         * Closes the {@link Channel} immediately without firing any events.  Probably only useful
+         * when registration attempt failed.
+         */
+        void closeForcibly();
+
         /**
          * Deregister the {@link Channel} of the {@link ChannelFuture} from {@link EventLoop} and notify the
          * {@link ChannelFuture} once the operation was complete.
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioEventLoopGroup.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioEventLoopGroup.java
index d2232cadfe..75e65d8056 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioEventLoopGroup.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioEventLoopGroup.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ package io.netty.channel.socket.oio;
 import io.netty.channel.Channel;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelException;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelTaskScheduler;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoop;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelTaskScheduler;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Queue;