diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/local/LocalServerChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/local/LocalServerChannel.java
index 73647c8ac2..f798e56e05 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/local/LocalServerChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/local/LocalServerChannel.java
@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ public class LocalServerChannel extends AbstractServerChannel {
     protected void doClose() throws Exception {
         if (state <= 1) {
             // Update all internal state before the closeFuture is notified.
-            LocalChannelRegistry.unregister(localAddress);
-            localAddress = null;
+            if (localAddress != null) {
+                LocalChannelRegistry.unregister(localAddress);
+                localAddress = null;
+            }
             state = 2;
         }
     }
diff --git a/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/bootstrap/BootstrapTest.java b/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/bootstrap/BootstrapTest.java
index 8d2a3a23cd..1a09cc2ff3 100644
--- a/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/bootstrap/BootstrapTest.java
+++ b/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/bootstrap/BootstrapTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import io.netty.channel.ChannelPromise;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.local.LocalAddress;
 import io.netty.channel.local.LocalChannel;
-import io.netty.channel.local.LocalEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.local.LocalServerChannel;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Future;
 import org.junit.Assert;
@@ -162,6 +161,32 @@ public class BootstrapTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testLateRegisterFailed() throws Exception {
+        final TestEventLoopGroup group = new TestEventLoopGroup();
+        try {
+            ServerBootstrap bootstrap = new ServerBootstrap();
+            bootstrap.group(group);
+            bootstrap.channel(LocalServerChannel.class);
+            bootstrap.childHandler(new DummyHandler());
+            bootstrap.localAddress(new LocalAddress("1"));
+            ChannelFuture future = bootstrap.bind();
+            Assert.assertFalse(future.isDone());
+            group.promise.setFailure(new IllegalStateException());
+            final BlockingQueue<Boolean> queue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<Boolean>();
+            future.addListener(new ChannelFutureListener() {
+                @Override
+                public void operationComplete(ChannelFuture future) throws Exception {
+                    queue.add(group.next().inEventLoop(Thread.currentThread()));
+                }
+            });
+            Assert.assertFalse(queue.take());
+        } finally {
+            group.shutdownGracefully();
+            group.terminationFuture().sync();
+        }
+    }
+
     private static final class TestEventLoopGroup extends DefaultEventLoopGroup {
         ChannelPromise promise;
         TestEventLoopGroup() {