diff --git a/resolver-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsNameResolver.java b/resolver-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsNameResolver.java
index b6edec8cb7..030b3716b0 100644
--- a/resolver-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsNameResolver.java
+++ b/resolver-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsNameResolver.java
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ public class DnsNameResolver extends SimpleNameResolver<InetSocketAddress> {
     private static final DnsQueryEncoder ENCODER = new DnsQueryEncoder();
 
     final Iterable<InetSocketAddress> nameServerAddresses;
+    final ChannelFuture bindFuture;
     final DatagramChannel ch;
 
     /**
@@ -248,12 +249,13 @@ public class DnsNameResolver extends SimpleNameResolver<InetSocketAddress> {
         }
 
         this.nameServerAddresses = nameServerAddresses;
-        ch = newChannel(channelFactory, localAddress);
+        bindFuture = newChannel(channelFactory, localAddress);
+        ch = (DatagramChannel) bindFuture.channel();
 
         setMaxPayloadSize(4096);
     }
 
-    private DatagramChannel newChannel(
+    private ChannelFuture newChannel(
             ChannelFactory<? extends DatagramChannel> channelFactory, InetSocketAddress localAddress) {
 
         Bootstrap b = new Bootstrap();
@@ -266,15 +268,15 @@ public class DnsNameResolver extends SimpleNameResolver<InetSocketAddress> {
             }
         });
 
-        DatagramChannel ch = (DatagramChannel) b.bind(localAddress).channel();
-        ch.closeFuture().addListener(new ChannelFutureListener() {
+        ChannelFuture bindFuture = b.bind(localAddress);
+        bindFuture.channel().closeFuture().addListener(new ChannelFutureListener() {
             @Override
             public void operationComplete(ChannelFuture future) throws Exception {
                 clearCache();
             }
         });
 
-        return ch;
+        return bindFuture;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/resolver-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsQueryContext.java b/resolver-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsQueryContext.java
index 9add6b88bc..88c04512a9 100644
--- a/resolver-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsQueryContext.java
+++ b/resolver-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsQueryContext.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package io.netty.resolver.dns;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFutureListener;
-import io.netty.channel.socket.DatagramChannel;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.dns.DnsQuery;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.dns.DnsQuestion;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.dns.DnsResource;
@@ -131,13 +130,32 @@ final class DnsQueryContext {
         query.header().setRecursionDesired(recursionDesired);
         query.addAdditionalResource(optResource);
 
-        final DatagramChannel ch = parent.ch;
-
         if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            logger.debug("{} WRITE: [{}: {}], {}", ch, id, nameServerAddr, question);
+            logger.debug("{} WRITE: [{}: {}], {}", parent.ch, id, nameServerAddr, question);
         }
 
-        final ChannelFuture writeFuture = ch.writeAndFlush(query);
+        sendQuery(query, nameServerAddr);
+    }
+
+    private void sendQuery(final DnsQuery query, final InetSocketAddress nameServerAddr) {
+        if (parent.bindFuture.isDone()) {
+            writeQuery(query, nameServerAddr);
+        } else {
+            parent.bindFuture.addListener(new ChannelFutureListener() {
+                @Override
+                public void operationComplete(ChannelFuture future) throws Exception {
+                    if (future.isSuccess()) {
+                        writeQuery(query, nameServerAddr);
+                    } else {
+                        promise.tryFailure(future.cause());
+                    }
+                 }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void writeQuery(final DnsQuery query, final InetSocketAddress nameServerAddr) {
+        final ChannelFuture writeFuture = parent.ch.writeAndFlush(query);
         if (writeFuture.isDone()) {
             onQueryWriteCompletion(writeFuture, nameServerAddr);
         } else {