diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollServerSocketChannel.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollServerSocketChannel.java
index 4a9cebd38d..390ca3d0e8 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollServerSocketChannel.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollServerSocketChannel.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public final class EpollServerSocketChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel impleme
                 // * The user called Channel.read() or ChannelHandlerContext.read() in channelReadComplete(...) method
                 //
                 // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/2254
-                if (config.isAutoRead() && !readPending) {
+                if (!config.isAutoRead() && !readPending) {
                     clearEpollIn();
                 }
             }
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 edb12876dd..494d71c5ae 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
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ public final class EpollSocketChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel implements So
                 // * The user called Channel.read() or ChannelHandlerContext.read() in channelReadComplete(...) method
                 //
                 // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/2254
-                if (config.isAutoRead() && !readPending) {
+                if (!config.isAutoRead() && !readPending) {
                     clearEpollIn();
                 }
             }
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioByteChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioByteChannel.java
index 8815a23b90..4a5e1dfac8 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioByteChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioByteChannel.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractNioByteChannel extends AbstractNioChannel {
                 // * The user called Channel.read() or ChannelHandlerContext.read() in channelReadComplete(...) method
                 //
                 // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/2254
-                if (config.isAutoRead() && !readPending) {
+                if (!config.isAutoRead() && !readPending) {
                     removeReadOp();
                 }
             }
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioMessageChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioMessageChannel.java
index d96200de50..47581cc698 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioMessageChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioMessageChannel.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractNioMessageChannel extends AbstractNioChannel {
                 // * The user called Channel.read() or ChannelHandlerContext.read() in channelReadComplete(...) method
                 //
                 // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/2254
-                if (config.isAutoRead() && !readPending) {
+                if (!config.isAutoRead() && !readPending) {
                     removeReadOp();
                 }
             }