diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/PlatformDependent0.java b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/PlatformDependent0.java
index 351d4947dc..ea2bb9068f 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/PlatformDependent0.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/PlatformDependent0.java
@@ -167,6 +167,16 @@ final class PlatformDependent0 {
                     unsafe = null;
                 }
             }
+
+            if (unsafe != null) {
+                // There are assumptions made where ever BYTE_ARRAY_BASE_OFFSET is used (equals, hashCodeAscii, and
+                // primitive accessors) that arrayIndexScale == 1, and results are undefined if this is not the case.
+                long byteArrayIndexScale = unsafe.arrayIndexScale(byte[].class);
+                if (byteArrayIndexScale != 1) {
+                    logger.debug("unsafe.arrayIndexScale is {} (expected: 1). Not using unsafe.", byteArrayIndexScale);
+                    unsafe = null;
+                }
+            }
         }
         UNSAFE = unsafe;