diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollTestUtils.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollTestUtils.java
index 6d09d425df..72382c142f 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollTestUtils.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollTestUtils.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package io.netty.channel.epoll;
 import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
 import io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
-import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.testsuite.transport.TestsuitePermutation;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultThreadFactory;
 
@@ -31,9 +30,9 @@ final class EpollTestUtils {
     private static final int WORKERS = 3;
 
     private static final EventLoopGroup epollBossGroup =
-            new NioEventLoopGroup(BOSSES, new DefaultThreadFactory("testsuite-epoll-boss", true));
+            new EpollEventLoopGroup(BOSSES, new DefaultThreadFactory("testsuite-epoll-boss", true));
     private static final EventLoopGroup epollWorkerGroup =
-            new NioEventLoopGroup(WORKERS, new DefaultThreadFactory("testsuite-epoll-worker", true));
+            new EpollEventLoopGroup(WORKERS, new DefaultThreadFactory("testsuite-epoll-worker", true));
 
     static List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<ServerBootstrap, Bootstrap>> newFactories() {
         return Collections.<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<ServerBootstrap, Bootstrap>>singletonList(