diff --git a/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/PooledHeapByteBuf.java b/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/PooledHeapByteBuf.java
index a03c8f98c1..6f2432786a 100644
--- a/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/PooledHeapByteBuf.java
+++ b/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/PooledHeapByteBuf.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ final class PooledHeapByteBuf extends PooledByteBuf<byte[]> {
         checkDstIndex(index, length, dstIndex, dst.capacity());
         if (dst.hasMemoryAddress()) {
             PlatformDependent.copyMemory(memory, idx(index), dst.memoryAddress() + dstIndex, length);
-        } if (dst.hasArray()) {
+        } else if (dst.hasArray()) {
             getBytes(index, dst.array(), dst.arrayOffset() + dstIndex, length);
         } else {
             dst.setBytes(dstIndex, memory, idx(index), length);