diff --git a/handler/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/logging/LoggingHandlerTest.java b/handler/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/logging/LoggingHandlerTest.java
index 1be24edd77..6230382212 100644
--- a/handler/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/logging/LoggingHandlerTest.java
+++ b/handler/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/logging/LoggingHandlerTest.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.easymock.EasyMock.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
@@ -208,6 +209,10 @@ public class LoggingHandlerTest {
         EmbeddedChannel channel = new EmbeddedChannel(new LoggingHandler());
         channel.writeInbound(msg);
         verify(appender);
+
+        String handledMsg = (String) channel.readInbound();
+        assertThat(msg, is(sameInstance(handledMsg)));
+        assertThat(channel.readInbound(), is(nullValue()));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -218,6 +223,11 @@ public class LoggingHandlerTest {
         EmbeddedChannel channel = new EmbeddedChannel(new LoggingHandler());
         channel.writeInbound(msg);
         verify(appender);
+
+        ByteBuf handledMsg = (ByteBuf) channel.readInbound();
+        assertThat(msg, is(sameInstance(handledMsg)));
+        handledMsg.release();
+        assertThat(channel.readInbound(), is(nullValue()));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -228,6 +238,10 @@ public class LoggingHandlerTest {
         EmbeddedChannel channel = new EmbeddedChannel(new LoggingHandler());
         channel.writeInbound(msg);
         verify(appender);
+
+        ByteBuf handledMsg = (ByteBuf) channel.readInbound();
+        assertThat(msg, is(sameInstance(handledMsg)));
+        assertThat(channel.readInbound(), is(nullValue()));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -244,6 +258,11 @@ public class LoggingHandlerTest {
         EmbeddedChannel channel = new EmbeddedChannel(new LoggingHandler());
         channel.writeInbound(msg);
         verify(appender);
+
+        ByteBufHolder handledMsg = (ByteBufHolder) channel.readInbound();
+        assertThat(msg, is(sameInstance(handledMsg)));
+        handledMsg.release();
+        assertThat(channel.readInbound(), is(nullValue()));
     }
 
     /**