diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/local/DefaultLocalChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/local/DefaultLocalChannel.java
index 14a6da954c..94414d517d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/local/DefaultLocalChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/local/DefaultLocalChannel.java
@@ -69,15 +69,15 @@ final class DefaultLocalChannel extends AbstractChannel implements LocalChannel
     }
 
     public boolean isBound() {
-        return isOpen() && bound.get();
+        return bound.get() && isOpen();
     }
 
     public boolean isConnected() {
-        return localAddress != null && remoteAddress != null;
+        return pairedChannel != null && isOpen();
     }
 
     public LocalAddress getLocalAddress() {
-        return isBound()? localAddress : null;
+        return localAddress;
     }
 
     public LocalAddress getRemoteAddress() {
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ final class DefaultLocalChannel extends AbstractChannel implements LocalChannel
             DefaultLocalChannel pairedChannel = this.pairedChannel;
             if (pairedChannel != null) {
                 this.pairedChannel = null;
-                this.localAddress = null;
                 fireChannelDisconnected(this);
                 fireChannelUnbound(this);
             }
@@ -109,7 +108,6 @@ final class DefaultLocalChannel extends AbstractChannel implements LocalChannel
             DefaultLocalChannel me = pairedChannel.pairedChannel;
             if (me != null) {
                 pairedChannel.pairedChannel = null;
-                pairedChannel.localAddress = null;
                 fireChannelDisconnected(pairedChannel);
                 fireChannelUnbound(pairedChannel);
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java
index d449f79fab..c0e22238c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class NioSocketChannel extends AbstractChannel
     final SocketChannel socket;
     final NioWorker worker;
     private final NioSocketChannelConfig config;
+    private volatile InetSocketAddress localAddress;
+    private volatile InetSocketAddress remoteAddress;
 
     final Object interestOpsLock = new Object();
     final Object writeLock = new Object();
@@ -86,21 +88,31 @@ class NioSocketChannel extends AbstractChannel
     }
 
     public InetSocketAddress getLocalAddress() {
-        try {
-            return (InetSocketAddress) socket.socket().getLocalSocketAddress();
-        } catch (Throwable t) {
-            // Sometimes fails on a closed socket in Windows.
-            return null;
+        InetSocketAddress localAddress = this.localAddress;
+        if (localAddress == null) {
+            try {
+                this.localAddress = localAddress =
+                    (InetSocketAddress) socket.socket().getLocalSocketAddress();
+            } catch (Throwable t) {
+                // Sometimes fails on a closed socket in Windows.
+                return null;
+            }
         }
+        return localAddress;
     }
 
     public InetSocketAddress getRemoteAddress() {
-        try {
-            return (InetSocketAddress) socket.socket().getRemoteSocketAddress();
-        } catch (Throwable t) {
-            // Sometimes fails on a closed socket in Windows.
-            return null;
+        InetSocketAddress remoteAddress = this.remoteAddress;
+        if (remoteAddress == null) {
+            try {
+                this.remoteAddress = remoteAddress =
+                    (InetSocketAddress) socket.socket().getRemoteSocketAddress();
+            } catch (Throwable t) {
+                // Sometimes fails on a closed socket in Windows.
+                return null;
+            }
         }
+        return remoteAddress;
     }
 
     public boolean isBound() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioSocketChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioSocketChannel.java
index 1a08191645..c8ca59a0a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioSocketChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioSocketChannel.java
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ abstract class OioSocketChannel extends AbstractChannel
     final Object interestOpsLock = new Object();
     private final SocketChannelConfig config;
     volatile Thread workerThread;
+    private volatile InetSocketAddress localAddress;
+    private volatile InetSocketAddress remoteAddress;
 
     OioSocketChannel(
             Channel parent,
@@ -72,11 +74,31 @@ abstract class OioSocketChannel extends AbstractChannel
     }
 
     public InetSocketAddress getLocalAddress() {
-        return (InetSocketAddress) socket.getLocalSocketAddress();
+        InetSocketAddress localAddress = this.localAddress;
+        if (localAddress == null) {
+            try {
+                this.localAddress = localAddress =
+                    (InetSocketAddress) socket.getLocalSocketAddress();
+            } catch (Throwable t) {
+                // Sometimes fails on a closed socket in Windows.
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+        return localAddress;
     }
 
     public InetSocketAddress getRemoteAddress() {
-        return (InetSocketAddress) socket.getRemoteSocketAddress();
+        InetSocketAddress remoteAddress = this.remoteAddress;
+        if (remoteAddress == null) {
+            try {
+                this.remoteAddress = remoteAddress =
+                    (InetSocketAddress) socket.getRemoteSocketAddress();
+            } catch (Throwable t) {
+                // Sometimes fails on a closed socket in Windows.
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+        return remoteAddress;
     }
 
     public boolean isBound() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/xnio/BaseXnioChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/xnio/BaseXnioChannel.java
index 2736ce6e9c..59011d3461 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/xnio/BaseXnioChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/xnio/BaseXnioChannel.java
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class BaseXnioChannel extends AbstractChannel implements XnioChannel {
 
     private final XnioChannelConfig config;
     volatile java.nio.channels.Channel xnioChannel;
+    private volatile SocketAddress localAddress;
+    private volatile SocketAddress remoteAddress;
 
     final Object writeLock = new Object();
     final Queue<MessageEvent> writeBuffer = new WriteBuffer();
@@ -76,21 +78,31 @@ class BaseXnioChannel extends AbstractChannel implements XnioChannel {
     }
 
     public SocketAddress getLocalAddress() {
-        java.nio.channels.Channel xnioChannel = this.xnioChannel;
-        if (!isOpen() || !(xnioChannel instanceof BoundChannel)) {
-            return null;
-        }
+        SocketAddress localAddress = this.localAddress;
+        if (localAddress == null) {
+            java.nio.channels.Channel xnioChannel = this.xnioChannel;
+            if (!isOpen() || !(xnioChannel instanceof BoundChannel)) {
+                return null;
+            }
 
-        return (SocketAddress) ((BoundChannel) xnioChannel).getLocalAddress();
+            this.localAddress = localAddress =
+                (SocketAddress) ((BoundChannel) xnioChannel).getLocalAddress();
+        }
+        return localAddress;
     }
 
     public SocketAddress getRemoteAddress() {
-        java.nio.channels.Channel xnioChannel = this.xnioChannel;
-        if (!isOpen() || !(xnioChannel instanceof ConnectedChannel)) {
-            return null;
-        }
+        SocketAddress remoteAddress = this.remoteAddress;
+        if (remoteAddress == null) {
+            java.nio.channels.Channel xnioChannel = this.xnioChannel;
+            if (!isOpen() || !(xnioChannel instanceof ConnectedChannel)) {
+                return null;
+            }
 
-        return (SocketAddress) ((ConnectedChannel) xnioChannel).getPeerAddress();
+            this.remoteAddress = remoteAddress =
+                (SocketAddress) ((ConnectedChannel) xnioChannel).getPeerAddress();
+        }
+        return remoteAddress;
     }
 
     public boolean isBound() {