diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelHandler.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelHandler.java
index b08136519f..3604c5903e 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelHandler.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelHandler.java
@@ -209,16 +209,6 @@ public interface ChannelHandler {
      */
     void afterRemove(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception;
 
-    /**
-     * Gets called if a {@link Throwable} was thrown.
-     */
-    void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) throws Exception;
-
-    /**
-     * Gets called if an user event was triggered.
-     */
-    void userEventTriggered(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object evt) throws Exception;
-
     /**
      * Indicates that the same instance of the annotated {@link ChannelHandler}
      * can be added to one or more {@link ChannelPipeline}s multiple times
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelHandlerAdapter.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelHandlerAdapter.java
index baede4d778..f1fd2070ab 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelHandlerAdapter.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelHandlerAdapter.java
@@ -60,28 +60,4 @@ public abstract class ChannelHandlerAdapter implements ChannelHandler {
     public void afterRemove(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
         // NOOP
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Calls {@link ChannelHandlerContext#fireExceptionCaught(Throwable)} to forward
-     * to the next {@link ChannelHandler} in the {@link ChannelPipeline}.
-     *
-     * Sub-classes may override this method to change behavior.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause)
-            throws Exception {
-        ctx.fireExceptionCaught(cause);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Calls {@link ChannelHandlerContext#fireUserEventTriggered(Object)} to forward
-     * to the next {@link ChannelHandler} in the {@link ChannelPipeline}.
-     *
-     * Sub-classes may override this method to change behavior.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public void userEventTriggered(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object evt)
-            throws Exception {
-        ctx.fireUserEventTriggered(evt);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelStateHandler.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelStateHandler.java
index 9dd41b6ac9..857cc331b6 100755
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelStateHandler.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelStateHandler.java
@@ -55,4 +55,14 @@ public interface ChannelStateHandler extends ChannelHandler {
      * to wait for more data and consume it later.
      */
     void inboundBufferUpdated(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets called if a {@link Throwable} was thrown.
+     */
+    void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) throws Exception;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets called if an user event was triggered.
+     */
+    void userEventTriggered(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object evt) throws Exception;
 }
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelStateHandlerAdapter.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelStateHandlerAdapter.java
index d0ea42d077..28e1dc5465 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelStateHandlerAdapter.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelStateHandlerAdapter.java
@@ -68,9 +68,38 @@ public abstract class ChannelStateHandlerAdapter extends ChannelHandlerAdapter i
     public void channelInactive(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
         ctx.fireChannelInactive();
     }
-
+    /**
+     * Calls {@link ChannelHandlerContext#fireChannelReadSuspended()} to forward
+     * to the next {@link ChannelHandler} in the {@link ChannelPipeline}.
+     *
+     * Sub-classes may override this method to change behavior.
+     */
     @Override
     public void channelReadSuspended(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
         ctx.fireChannelReadSuspended();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Calls {@link ChannelHandlerContext#fireExceptionCaught(Throwable)} to forward
+     * to the next {@link ChannelHandler} in the {@link ChannelPipeline}.
+     *
+     * Sub-classes may override this method to change behavior.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause)
+            throws Exception {
+        ctx.fireExceptionCaught(cause);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Calls {@link ChannelHandlerContext#fireUserEventTriggered(Object)} to forward
+     * to the next {@link ChannelHandler} in the {@link ChannelPipeline}.
+     *
+     * Sub-classes may override this method to change behavior.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void userEventTriggered(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object evt)
+            throws Exception {
+        ctx.fireUserEventTriggered(evt);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java
index 4a50f8b3e2..0759ccf019 100755
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
             throw new NullPointerException("cause");
         }
 
-        final DefaultChannelHandlerContext next = this.next;
+        final DefaultChannelHandlerContext next = findContextInbound();
         EventExecutor executor = next.executor();
         if (prev != null && executor.inEventLoop()) {
             next.invokeExceptionCaught(cause);
@@ -835,8 +835,9 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
     }
 
     private void invokeExceptionCaught(Throwable cause) {
+        ChannelStateHandler handler = (ChannelStateHandler) handler();
         try {
-            handler().exceptionCaught(this, cause);
+            handler.exceptionCaught(this, cause);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
                 logger.warn(
@@ -854,7 +855,7 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
             throw new NullPointerException("event");
         }
 
-        final DefaultChannelHandlerContext next = this.next;
+        final DefaultChannelHandlerContext next = findContextInbound();
         EventExecutor executor = next.executor();
         if (executor.inEventLoop()) {
             next.invokeUserEventTriggered(event);
@@ -870,8 +871,10 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
     }
 
     private void invokeUserEventTriggered(Object event) {
+        ChannelStateHandler handler = (ChannelStateHandler) handler();
+
         try {
-            handler().userEventTriggered(this, event);
+            handler.userEventTriggered(this, event);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             pipeline.notifyHandlerException(t);
         } finally {
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java
index 5c89400741..2449a804e2 100755
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java
@@ -1266,16 +1266,6 @@ final class DefaultChannelPipeline implements ChannelPipeline {
             unsafe.beginRead();
         }
 
-        @Override
-        public final void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) throws Exception {
-            ctx.fireExceptionCaught(cause);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public final void userEventTriggered(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object evt) throws Exception {
-            ctx.fireUserEventTriggered(evt);
-        }
-
         @Override
         public final void sendFile(
                 ChannelHandlerContext ctx, FileRegion region, ChannelPromise promise) throws Exception {