diff --git a/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedNioStream.java b/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedNioStream.java
index fbe07bd091..ff844b5288 100644
--- a/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedNioStream.java
+++ b/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedNioStream.java
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ public class ChunkedNioStream implements ChunkedInput<ByteBuf> {
                     " (expected: a positive integer)");
         }
         this.in = in;
-        offset = 0;
         this.chunkSize = chunkSize;
         byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(chunkSize);
     }