diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/timeout/IdleStateHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/timeout/IdleStateHandler.java
index 8151e4382f..c4ed9169e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/timeout/IdleStateHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/timeout/IdleStateHandler.java
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ public class IdleStateHandler extends SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler
         lastReadTime = lastWriteTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
         readerIdleTimeoutTask = new ReaderIdleTimeoutTask(ctx);
         writerIdleTimeoutTask = new WriterIdleTimeoutTask(ctx);
+        allIdleTimeoutTask = new AllIdleTimeoutTask(ctx);
         if (readerIdleTimeMillis > 0) {
             readerIdleTimeout = timer.newTimeout(
                     readerIdleTimeoutTask, readerIdleTimeMillis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);