diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java
index 12aa027c2e..65cfa09ccf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ public final class NioDatagramChannel extends AbstractNioChannel<DatagramChannel
                 // This block only works on java7++, but we checked before if we have it
                 switch (family) {
                 case INET:
-                    channel = DatagramChannel.open(java.net.StandardProtocolFamily.INET);
+                    channel = DatagramChannel.open(ProtocolFamilyConverter.convert(family));
                     break;
 
                 case INET6:
-                    channel = DatagramChannel.open(java.net.StandardProtocolFamily.INET6);
+                    channel = DatagramChannel.open(ProtocolFamilyConverter.convert(family));
                     break;
 
                 default:
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/ProtocolFamilyConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/ProtocolFamilyConverter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9c7d5be62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/ProtocolFamilyConverter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio;
+
+import java.net.ProtocolFamily;
+
+final class ProtocolFamilyConverter {
+
+    private ProtocolFamilyConverter() {
+        
+    }
+    
+    public static ProtocolFamily convert(NioDatagramChannel.ProtocolFamily family) {
+        switch (family) {
+        case INET:
+            return java.net.StandardProtocolFamily.INET;
+
+        case INET6:
+            return java.net.StandardProtocolFamily.INET6;
+        default:
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+        }
+    }
+}