diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java
index 5288590fcd..333454a2af 100755
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
     final AtomicReference<ByteBridge> inByteBridge;
     final AtomicReference<ByteBridge> outByteBridge;
 
-    final AtomicBoolean suspendRead = new AtomicBoolean();
+    final AtomicBoolean readable = new AtomicBoolean(true);
 
     // Runnables that calls handlers
     final Runnable fireChannelRegisteredTask = new Runnable() {
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
 
     @Override
     public boolean isReadable() {
-        return !suspendRead.get();
+        return readable.get();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java
index bb54ebc45c..34cd6f8044 100755
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ public class DefaultChannelPipeline implements ChannelPipeline {
     }
 
     void readable(DefaultChannelHandlerContext ctx, boolean readable) {
-        if (ctx.suspendRead.compareAndSet(!readable, readable)) {
+        if (ctx.readable.compareAndSet(!readable, readable)) {
             if (!readable) {
                 if (suspendRead.incrementAndGet() == 1) {
                     unsafe.suspendRead();