diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketChannelFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketChannelFactory.java
index b0fc1384d9..70f1dd8292 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketChannelFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketChannelFactory.java
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ public class NioClientSocketChannelFactory implements ClientSocketChannelFactory
     }
 
     public void releaseExternalResources() {
-        shutdown();
+        bossPool.shutdown();
+        workerPool.shutdown();
         releasePools();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannelFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannelFactory.java
index 4d5925feda..0c6d74413e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannelFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannelFactory.java
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public class NioDatagramChannelFactory implements DatagramChannelFactory {
     }
 
     public void releaseExternalResources() {
-        shutdown();
+        workerPool.shutdown();
         releasePool();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannelFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
index 74245adf26..d892538896 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ public class NioServerSocketChannelFactory implements ServerSocketChannelFactory
     }
 
     public void releaseExternalResources() {
-        shutdown();
+        bossPool.shutdown();
+        workerPool.shutdown();
         releasePools();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioClientSocketChannelFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioClientSocketChannelFactory.java
index 6a6a8c29bc..115cfd4482 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioClientSocketChannelFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioClientSocketChannelFactory.java
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ public class OioClientSocketChannelFactory implements ClientSocketChannelFactory
     }
 
     public void releaseExternalResources() {
-        shutdown();
         ExecutorUtil.shutdownNow(workerExecutor);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioDatagramChannelFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioDatagramChannelFactory.java
index 6e0e9018a4..91c00d85c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioDatagramChannelFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioDatagramChannelFactory.java
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ public class OioDatagramChannelFactory implements DatagramChannelFactory {
     }
 
     public void releaseExternalResources() {
-        shutdown();
         ExecutorUtil.shutdownNow(workerExecutor);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketChannelFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
index 2db9dd0ce5..88cf3cc44c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ public class OioServerSocketChannelFactory implements ServerSocketChannelFactory
     }
 
     public void releaseExternalResources() {
-        shutdown();
         ExecutorUtil.shutdownNow(workerExecutor);
     }
 }