diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyOrHttpChooser.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyOrHttpChooser.java
index 022071aec1..29a9e1baf5 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyOrHttpChooser.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyOrHttpChooser.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpObjectAggregator;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequestDecoder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseEncoder;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler;
+import io.netty.util.internal.StringUtil;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -84,7 +85,15 @@ public abstract class SpdyOrHttpChooser extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
      * {@link SelectedProtocol#UNKNOWN}.
      *
      */
-    protected abstract SelectedProtocol getProtocol(SSLEngine engine);
+    protected SelectedProtocol getProtocol(SSLEngine engine) {
+        String[] protocol = StringUtil.split(engine.getSession().getProtocol(), ':');
+        if (protocol.length < 2) {
+            // Use HTTP/1.1 as default
+            return SelectedProtocol.HTTP_1_1;
+        }
+        SelectedProtocol selectedProtocol = SelectedProtocol.protocol(protocol[1]);
+        return selectedProtocol;
+    }
 
     @Override
     protected void decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf in, List<Object> out) throws Exception {
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/server/SpdyOrHttpHandler.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/server/SpdyOrHttpHandler.java
index 629f64dcce..e27a1d2a83 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/server/SpdyOrHttpHandler.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/spdy/server/SpdyOrHttpHandler.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package io.netty.example.spdy.server;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandler;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.spdy.SpdyOrHttpChooser;
 
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
-
 /**
  * Negotiates with the browser if SPDY or HTTP is going to be used. Once decided, the Netty pipeline is setup with
  * the correct handlers for the selected protocol.
@@ -36,14 +34,6 @@ public class SpdyOrHttpHandler extends SpdyOrHttpChooser {
         super(maxSpdyContentLength, maxHttpContentLength);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected SelectedProtocol getProtocol(SSLEngine engine) {
-        String[] protocol = engine.getSession().getProtocol().split(":");
-        SelectedProtocol selectedProtocol = SelectedProtocol.protocol(protocol[1]);
-        System.err.println("Selected Protocol is " + selectedProtocol);
-        return selectedProtocol;
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected ChannelInboundHandler createHttpRequestHandlerForHttp() {
         return new SpdyServerHandler();