diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/AbstractChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/AbstractChannel.java
index 41ed37d5f1..09f7c01491 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/AbstractChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/AbstractChannel.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.util.TimeBasedUuidGenerator;
  * @version $Rev$, $Date$
  *
  */
-public abstract class AbstractChannel implements Channel, Comparable<Channel> {
+public abstract class AbstractChannel implements Channel {
 
     private final UUID id = TimeBasedUuidGenerator.generate();
     private final Channel parent;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/Channel.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/Channel.java
index 1545266df0..b3fddc5a4e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/Channel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/Channel.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import java.util.UUID;
  * @apiviz.composedOf org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelConfig
  * @apiviz.composedOf org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline
  */
-public interface Channel {
+public interface Channel extends Comparable<Channel>{
 
     /**
      * The {@link #getInterestOps() interestOps} value which tells that the