diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java
index 15a9cfb38f..49dc5acefc 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java
@@ -51,10 +51,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractEpollStreamChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel {
 
     protected AbstractEpollStreamChannel(Channel parent, int fd) {
         super(parent, fd, Native.EPOLLIN, true);
+        // Add EPOLLRDHUP so we are notified once the remote peer close the connection.
+        flags |= Native.EPOLLRDHUP;
     }
 
     protected AbstractEpollStreamChannel(int fd) {
         super(fd, Native.EPOLLIN);
+        // Add EPOLLRDHUP so we are notified once the remote peer close the connection.
+        flags |= Native.EPOLLRDHUP;
     }
 
     @Override
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 f1b0407eeb..36d1e37e4e 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
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ public final class EpollSocketChannel extends AbstractEpollStreamChannel impleme
 
     EpollSocketChannel(Channel parent, int fd) {
         super(parent, fd);
-        // Add EPOLLRDHUP so we are notified once the remote peer close the connection.
-        flags |= Native.EPOLLRDHUP;
         config = new EpollSocketChannelConfig(this);
         // Directly cache the remote and local addresses
         // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/2359
@@ -48,8 +46,6 @@ public final class EpollSocketChannel extends AbstractEpollStreamChannel impleme
 
     public EpollSocketChannel() {
         super(Native.socketStreamFd());
-        // Add EPOLLRDHUP so we are notified once the remote peer close the connection.
-        flags |= Native.EPOLLRDHUP;
         config = new EpollSocketChannelConfig(this);
     }