diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/execution/MemoryAwareThreadPoolExecutor.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/execution/MemoryAwareThreadPoolExecutor.java
index ca849d532a..ad63becd3f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/execution/MemoryAwareThreadPoolExecutor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/execution/MemoryAwareThreadPoolExecutor.java
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ public class MemoryAwareThreadPoolExecutor extends ThreadPoolExecutor {
                 try {
                     wait();
                 } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                    // Ignore
+                    Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
                 } finally {
                     waiters --;
                 }