diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
index 67a52c58f2..b1276c8724 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
@@ -378,6 +378,11 @@ class NioWorker implements Runnable {
     }
 
     static void write(final NioSocketChannel channel, boolean mightNeedWakeup) {
+        if (!channel.isConnected()) {
+            cleanUpWriteBuffer(channel);
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (mightNeedWakeup) {
             NioWorker worker = channel.getWorker();
             if (worker != null) {
@@ -397,11 +402,6 @@ class NioWorker implements Runnable {
             }
         }
 
-        if (!channel.isConnected()) {
-            cleanUpWriteBuffer(channel);
-            return;
-        }
-
         final NioSocketChannelConfig cfg = channel.getConfig();
         final int writeSpinCount = cfg.getWriteSpinCount();
         final int maxWrittenBytes;