diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
index 395e191326..03455cacd1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ class NioWorker implements Runnable {
             if (internalWriteBuffer.isEmpty()) {
                 channel.writeBuffer.drainTo(internalWriteBuffer);
             }
+
             evt = channel.currentWriteEvent;
             for (;;) {
                 if (evt == null) {