diff --git a/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/FixedCompositeByteBuf.java b/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/FixedCompositeByteBuf.java
index 08c8d7fc6a..c28af6f967 100644
--- a/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/FixedCompositeByteBuf.java
+++ b/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/FixedCompositeByteBuf.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ final class FixedCompositeByteBuf extends AbstractReferenceCountedByteBuf {
             order = ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN;
             nioBufferCount = 1;
             capacity = 0;
-            direct = false;
+            direct = Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER.isDirect();
         } else {
             ByteBuf b = buffers[0];
             this.buffers = buffers;
diff --git a/buffer/src/test/java/io/netty/buffer/FixedCompositeByteBufTest.java b/buffer/src/test/java/io/netty/buffer/FixedCompositeByteBufTest.java
index b6260f7848..a564bf1ce2 100644
--- a/buffer/src/test/java/io/netty/buffer/FixedCompositeByteBufTest.java
+++ b/buffer/src/test/java/io/netty/buffer/FixedCompositeByteBufTest.java
@@ -432,10 +432,12 @@ public class FixedCompositeByteBufTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testHasArrayWhenEmpty() {
+    public void testHasArrayWhenEmptyAndIsDirect() {
         ByteBuf buf = newBuffer(new ByteBuf[0]);
         assertTrue(buf.hasArray());
         assertArrayEquals(EMPTY_BUFFER.array(), buf.array());
+        assertEquals(EMPTY_BUFFER.isDirect(), buf.isDirect());
+        assertEquals(EMPTY_BUFFER.memoryAddress(), buf.memoryAddress());
         buf.release();
     }