diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/c/io_netty_channel_epoll_Native.c b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/c/io_netty_channel_epoll_Native.c
index 99c77e260d..c52ad62b48 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/c/io_netty_channel_epoll_Native.c
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/c/io_netty_channel_epoll_Native.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 extern int accept4(int sockFd, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen, int flags) __attribute__((weak));
 
 // Those are initialized in the init(...) method and cached for performance reasons
+jmethodID updatePosId = NULL;
 jmethodID posId = NULL;
 jmethodID limitId = NULL;
 jfieldID posFieldId = NULL;
@@ -257,7 +258,12 @@ jint JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM* vm, void* reserved) {
             throwRuntimeException(env, "Unable to find method ByteBuffer.limit()");
             return JNI_ERR;
         }
-
+        updatePosId = (*env)->GetMethodID(env, cls, "position", "(I)Ljava/nio/Buffer;");
+        if (updatePosId == NULL) {
+            // position method was not found.. something is wrong so bail out
+            throwRuntimeException(env, "Unable to find method ByteBuffer.position(int)");
+            return JNI_ERR;
+        }
         // Try to get the ids of the position and limit fields. We later then check if we was able
         // to find them and if so use them get the position and limit of the buffer. This is
         // much faster then call back into java via (*env)->CallIntMethod(...).
@@ -481,9 +487,26 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_write(JNIEnv * env, jc
         throwIOException(env, exceptionMessage("Error while write(...): ", err));
         return -1;
     }
+    if (posFieldId == NULL) {
+        (*env)->CallObjectMethod(env, jbuffer, updatePosId, pos + res);
+    } else {
+        (*env)->SetIntField(env, jbuffer, posFieldId, pos + res);
+    }
     return (jint) res;
 }
 
+void incrementPosition(JNIEnv * env, jobject bufObj, int written) {
+    // Get the current position using the (*env)->GetIntField if possible and fallback
+    // to slower (*env)->CallIntMethod(...) if needed
+    if (posFieldId == NULL) {
+        jint pos = (*env)->CallIntMethod(env, bufObj, posId, NULL);
+        (*env)->CallObjectMethod(env, bufObj, updatePosId, pos + written);
+    } else {
+        jint pos = (*env)->GetIntField(env, bufObj, posFieldId);
+        (*env)->SetIntField(env, bufObj, posFieldId, pos + written);
+    }
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_writev(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jobjectArray buffers, jint offset, jint length) {
     struct iovec iov[length];
     int i;
@@ -532,9 +555,25 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_writev(JNIEnv * env,
             throwClosedChannelException(env);
             return -1;
         }
-        throwIOException(env, exceptionMessage("Error while write(...): ", err));
+        throwIOException(env, exceptionMessage("Error while writev(...): ", err));
         return -1;
     }
+
+    // update the position of the written buffers
+    int written = res;
+    int a;
+    for (a = 0; a < length; a++) {
+        int pos;
+        int len = iov[a].iov_len;
+        jobject bufObj = (*env)->GetObjectArrayElement(env, buffers, a + offset);
+        if (len >= written) {
+            incrementPosition(env, bufObj, written);
+            break;
+        } else {
+            incrementPosition(env, bufObj, len);
+            written -= len;
+        }
+    }
     return res;
 }
 
@@ -856,4 +895,3 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_getTrafficClass(JNIEnv
     }
     return optval;
 }
-
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketChannel.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketChannel.java
index 5ff5f8d810..74c9acc2f2 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketChannel.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketChannel.java
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ public final class EpollSocketChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel implements So
                     long localWrittenBytes = Native.writev(fd, nioBuffers, 0, nioBufferCnt);
 
                     if (localWrittenBytes < expectedWrittenBytes) {
-                        int nioBufIndex = 0;
                         setEpollOut();
 
                         // Did not write all buffers completely.
@@ -171,17 +170,12 @@ public final class EpollSocketChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel implements So
                             final int readableBytes = buf.writerIndex() - readerIndex;
 
                             if (readableBytes < localWrittenBytes) {
-                                nioBufIndex += buf.nioBufferCount();
                                 in.remove();
                                 localWrittenBytes -= readableBytes;
                             } else if (readableBytes > localWrittenBytes) {
 
                                 buf.readerIndex(readerIndex + (int) localWrittenBytes);
                                 in.progress(localWrittenBytes);
-
-                                // update position in ByteBuffer as we not do this in the native methods
-                                ByteBuffer bb = nioBuffers[nioBufIndex];
-                                bb.position(bb.position() + (int) localWrittenBytes);
                                 break;
                             } else { // readable == writtenBytes
                                 in.remove();