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 05b5edb5f4..e2b504f5cb 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
@@ -461,14 +461,8 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_epollCtlDel(JNIEnv * e
     }
 }
 
-JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_write(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jobject jbuffer, jint pos, jint limit) {
-    // TODO: We could also maybe pass the address in directly and so eliminate this call
-    //       not sure if this would buy us much. So some testing is needed.
-    void *buffer = (*env)->GetDirectBufferAddress(env, jbuffer);
-    if (buffer == NULL) {
-        throwRuntimeException(env, "Unable to access address of buffer");
-        return -1;
-    }
+
+jint write0(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, void *buffer, jint pos, jint limit) {
     ssize_t res;
     int err;
     do {
@@ -488,14 +482,22 @@ 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;
 }
 
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_write(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jobject jbuffer, jint pos, jint limit) {
+    void *buffer = (*env)->GetDirectBufferAddress(env, jbuffer);
+    if (buffer == NULL) {
+        throwRuntimeException(env, "Unable to access address of buffer");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return write0(env, clazz, fd, buffer, pos, limit);
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_writeAddress(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jlong address, jint pos, jint limit) {
+    return write0(env, clazz, fd, (void *) address, pos, limit);
+}
+
 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
@@ -578,14 +580,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_writev(JNIEnv * env,
     return res;
 }
 
-JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_read(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jobject jbuffer, jint pos, jint limit) {
-    // TODO: We could also maybe pass the address in directly and so eliminate this call
-    //       not sure if this would buy us much. So some testing is needed.
-    void *buffer = (*env)->GetDirectBufferAddress(env, jbuffer);
-    if (buffer == NULL) {
-        throwRuntimeException(env, "Unable to access address of buffer");
-        return -1;
-    }
+jint read0(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, void *buffer, jint pos, jint limit) {
     ssize_t res;
     int err;
     do {
@@ -613,6 +608,19 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_read(JNIEnv * env, jcl
     return (jint) res;
 }
 
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_read(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jobject jbuffer, jint pos, jint limit) {
+    void *buffer = (*env)->GetDirectBufferAddress(env, jbuffer);
+    if (buffer == NULL) {
+        throwRuntimeException(env, "Unable to access address of buffer");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return read0(env, clazz, fd, buffer, pos, limit);
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_readAddress(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jlong address, jint pos, jint limit) {
+    return read0(env, clazz, fd, (void*) address, pos, limit);
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_close(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd) {
    if (close(fd) < 0) {
       throwIOException(env, "Error closing file descriptor");
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/c/io_netty_channel_epoll_Native.h b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/c/io_netty_channel_epoll_Native.h
index 3b93bb0c42..2d76071760 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/c/io_netty_channel_epoll_Native.h
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/c/io_netty_channel_epoll_Native.h
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ void Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_epollCtlAdd(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz,
 void Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_epollCtlMod(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint efd, jint fd, jint flags, jint id);
 void  Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_epollCtlDel(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint efd, jint fd);
 jint Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_write(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jobject jbuffer, jint pos, jint limit);
+jint Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_writeAddress(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jlong address, jint pos, jint limit);
 jlong Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_writev(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jobjectArray buffers, jint offset, jint length);
 jint Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_read(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jobject jbuffer, jint pos, jint limit);
+jint Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_readAddress(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jlong address, jint pos, jint limit);
 void JNICALL Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_close(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd);
 void Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_shutdown(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jboolean read, jboolean write);
 jint Java_io_netty_channel_epoll_Native_socket(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz);
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 ebba1bb381..cb00276f6e 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
@@ -115,8 +115,12 @@ public final class EpollSocketChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel implements So
         int readerIndex = buf.readerIndex();
         int localFlushedAmount;
         if (buf.nioBufferCount() == 1) {
-            ByteBuffer nioBuf = buf.internalNioBuffer(readerIndex, readable);
-            localFlushedAmount = Native.write(fd, nioBuf, nioBuf.position(), nioBuf.limit());
+            if (buf.hasMemoryAddress()) {
+                localFlushedAmount = Native.writeAddress(fd, buf.memoryAddress(), readerIndex, buf.writerIndex());
+            } else {
+                ByteBuffer nioBuf = buf.internalNioBuffer(readerIndex, readable);
+                localFlushedAmount = Native.write(fd, nioBuf, nioBuf.position(), nioBuf.limit());
+            }
         } else {
             // backed by more then one buffer, do a gathering write...
             ByteBuffer[] nioBufs = buf.nioBuffers();
@@ -509,8 +513,13 @@ public final class EpollSocketChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel implements So
          */
         private int doReadBytes(ByteBuf byteBuf) throws Exception {
             int writerIndex = byteBuf.writerIndex();
-            ByteBuffer buf = byteBuf.internalNioBuffer(writerIndex, byteBuf.writableBytes());
-            int localReadAmount = Native.read(fd, buf, buf.position(), buf.limit());
+            int localReadAmount;
+            if (byteBuf.hasMemoryAddress()) {
+                localReadAmount = Native.readAddress(fd, byteBuf.memoryAddress(), writerIndex, byteBuf.capacity());
+            } else {
+                ByteBuffer buf = byteBuf.internalNioBuffer(writerIndex, byteBuf.writableBytes());
+                localReadAmount = Native.read(fd, buf, buf.position(), buf.limit());
+            }
             if (localReadAmount > 0) {
                 byteBuf.writerIndex(writerIndex + localReadAmount);
             }
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/Native.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/Native.java
index a45ea67b3a..e255149d75 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/Native.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/Native.java
@@ -60,9 +60,14 @@ final class Native {
 
     // File-descriptor operations
     public static native void close(int fd) throws IOException;
+
     public static native int write(int fd, ByteBuffer buf, int pos, int limit) throws IOException;
+    public static native int writeAddress(int fd, long address, int pos, int limit) throws IOException;
+
     public static native long writev(int fd, ByteBuffer[] buffers, int offset, int length) throws IOException;
     public static native int read(int fd, ByteBuffer buf, int pos, int limit) throws IOException;
+    public static native int readAddress(int fd, long address, int pos, int limit) throws IOException;
+
     public static native long sendfile(int dest, DefaultFileRegion src, long offset, long length) throws IOException;
 
     // socket operations