diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java
index 2ee1282455..31a20c4f02 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java
@@ -437,7 +437,10 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
         if (localAddress == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException("localAddress");
         }
-        validatePromise(promise, false);
+        if (!validatePromise(promise, false)) {
+            // cancelled
+            return promise;
+        }
 
         final DefaultChannelHandlerContext next = findContextOutbound();
         EventExecutor executor = next.executor();
@@ -475,7 +478,10 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
         if (remoteAddress == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException("remoteAddress");
         }
-        validatePromise(promise, false);
+        if (!validatePromise(promise, false)) {
+            // cancelled
+            return promise;
+        }
 
         final DefaultChannelHandlerContext next = findContextOutbound();
         EventExecutor executor = next.executor();
@@ -503,7 +509,10 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
 
     @Override
     public ChannelFuture disconnect(final ChannelPromise promise) {
-        validatePromise(promise, false);
+        if (!validatePromise(promise, false)) {
+            // cancelled
+            return promise;
+        }
 
         final DefaultChannelHandlerContext next = findContextOutbound();
         EventExecutor executor = next.executor();
@@ -541,7 +550,10 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
 
     @Override
     public ChannelFuture close(final ChannelPromise promise) {
-        validatePromise(promise, false);
+        if (!validatePromise(promise, false)) {
+            // cancelled
+            return promise;
+        }
 
         final DefaultChannelHandlerContext next = findContextOutbound();
         EventExecutor executor = next.executor();
@@ -569,7 +581,10 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
 
     @Override
     public ChannelFuture deregister(final ChannelPromise promise) {
-        validatePromise(promise, false);
+        if (!validatePromise(promise, false)) {
+            // cancelled
+            return promise;
+        }
 
         final DefaultChannelHandlerContext next = findContextOutbound();
         EventExecutor executor = next.executor();
@@ -636,8 +651,11 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
             throw new NullPointerException("msg");
         }
 
-        validatePromise(promise, true);
-
+        if (!validatePromise(promise, true)) {
+            ReferenceCountUtil.release(msg);
+            // cancelled
+            return promise;
+        }
         write(msg, false, promise);
 
         return promise;
@@ -687,7 +705,11 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
             throw new NullPointerException("msg");
         }
 
-        validatePromise(promise, true);
+        if (!validatePromise(promise, true)) {
+            ReferenceCountUtil.release(msg);
+            // cancelled
+            return promise;
+        }
 
         write(msg, true, promise);
 
@@ -798,12 +820,19 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
         return new FailedChannelFuture(channel(), executor(), cause);
     }
 
-    private void validatePromise(ChannelPromise promise, boolean allowVoidPromise) {
+    private boolean validatePromise(ChannelPromise promise, boolean allowVoidPromise) {
         if (promise == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException("promise");
         }
 
         if (promise.isDone()) {
+            // Check if the promise was cancelled and if so signal that the processing of the operation
+            // should not be performed.
+            //
+            // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/2349
+            if (promise.isCancelled()) {
+                return false;
+            }
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("promise already done: " + promise);
         }
 
@@ -813,7 +842,7 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
         }
 
         if (promise.getClass() == DefaultChannelPromise.class) {
-            return;
+            return true;
         }
 
         if (!allowVoidPromise && promise instanceof VoidChannelPromise) {
@@ -825,6 +854,7 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                     StringUtil.simpleClassName(AbstractChannel.CloseFuture.class) + " not allowed in a pipeline");
         }
+        return true;
     }
 
     private DefaultChannelHandlerContext findContextInbound() {
diff --git a/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipelineTest.java b/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipelineTest.java
index 37ccddb567..35bd97d1d7 100644
--- a/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipelineTest.java
+++ b/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipelineTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package io.netty.channel;
 
 import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
 import io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler.Sharable;
 import io.netty.channel.local.LocalAddress;
 import io.netty.channel.local.LocalChannel;
@@ -434,6 +436,81 @@ public class DefaultChannelPipelineTest {
         }).sync();
     }
 
+    // Tests for https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/2349
+    @Test
+    public void testCancelBind() throws Exception {
+        ChannelPipeline pipeline = new LocalChannel().pipeline();
+
+        ChannelPromise promise = pipeline.channel().newPromise();
+        assertTrue(promise.cancel(false));
+        ChannelFuture future = pipeline.bind(new LocalAddress("test"), promise);
+        assertTrue(future.isCancelled());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCancelConnect() throws Exception {
+        ChannelPipeline pipeline = new LocalChannel().pipeline();
+
+        ChannelPromise promise = pipeline.channel().newPromise();
+        assertTrue(promise.cancel(false));
+        ChannelFuture future = pipeline.connect(new LocalAddress("test"), promise);
+        assertTrue(future.isCancelled());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCancelDisconnect() throws Exception {
+        ChannelPipeline pipeline = new LocalChannel().pipeline();
+
+        ChannelPromise promise = pipeline.channel().newPromise();
+        assertTrue(promise.cancel(false));
+        ChannelFuture future = pipeline.disconnect(promise);
+        assertTrue(future.isCancelled());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCancelClose() throws Exception {
+        ChannelPipeline pipeline = new LocalChannel().pipeline();
+
+        ChannelPromise promise = pipeline.channel().newPromise();
+        assertTrue(promise.cancel(false));
+        ChannelFuture future = pipeline.close(promise);
+        assertTrue(future.isCancelled());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCancelDeregister() throws Exception {
+        ChannelPipeline pipeline = new LocalChannel().pipeline();
+
+        ChannelPromise promise = pipeline.channel().newPromise();
+        assertTrue(promise.cancel(false));
+        ChannelFuture future = pipeline.deregister(promise);
+        assertTrue(future.isCancelled());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCancelWrite() throws Exception {
+        ChannelPipeline pipeline = new LocalChannel().pipeline();
+        ChannelPromise promise = pipeline.channel().newPromise();
+        assertTrue(promise.cancel(false));
+        ByteBuf buffer = Unpooled.buffer();
+        assertEquals(1, buffer.refCnt());
+        ChannelFuture future = pipeline.write(buffer, promise);
+        assertTrue(future.isCancelled());
+        assertEquals(0, buffer.refCnt());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCancelWriteAndFlush() throws Exception {
+        ChannelPipeline pipeline = new LocalChannel().pipeline();
+        ChannelPromise promise = pipeline.channel().newPromise();
+        assertTrue(promise.cancel(false));
+        ByteBuf buffer = Unpooled.buffer();
+        assertEquals(1, buffer.refCnt());
+        ChannelFuture future = pipeline.writeAndFlush(buffer, promise);
+        assertTrue(future.isCancelled());
+        assertEquals(0, buffer.refCnt());
+    }
+
     private static int next(DefaultChannelHandlerContext ctx) {
         DefaultChannelHandlerContext next = ctx.next;
         if (next == null) {