diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java
index 95d952212e..4988a8e422 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java
@@ -569,11 +569,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractEpollStreamChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel {
 
         @Override
         void epollRdHupReady() {
-            if (isActive()) {
-                epollInReady();
-            } else {
-                closeOnRead(pipeline());
-            }
+            // Just call closeOnRead(). There is no need to trigger a read as this
+            // will result in an IOException anyway.
+            //
+            // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/3539
+            closeOnRead(pipeline());
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollEventLoop.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollEventLoop.java
index 794f8d2fb6..04f72fe496 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollEventLoop.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollEventLoop.java
@@ -307,26 +307,22 @@ final class EpollEventLoop extends SingleThreadEventLoop {
 
                 AbstractEpollChannel ch = channels.get(fd);
                 if (ch != null && ch.isOpen()) {
-                    boolean close = (ev & Native.EPOLLRDHUP) != 0;
-                    boolean read = (ev & Native.EPOLLIN) != 0;
-                    boolean write = (ev & Native.EPOLLOUT) != 0;
 
                     AbstractEpollUnsafe unsafe = (AbstractEpollUnsafe) ch.unsafe();
 
-                    if (close) {
+                    // We need to check if the channel is still open before try to trigger the
+                    // callbacks.
+                    // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/3443
+                    if ((ev & Native.EPOLLRDHUP) != 0 && ch.isOpen()) {
                         unsafe.epollRdHupReady();
                     }
 
-                    // We need to check if the channel is still open before try to trigger the
-                    // callbacks as otherwise we may trigger an IllegalStateException when try
-                    // to access the file descriptor.
-                    //
-                    // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/3443
-                    if (write && ch.isOpen()) {
+                    if ((ev & Native.EPOLLOUT) != 0 && ch.isOpen()) {
                         // force flush of data as the epoll is writable again
                         unsafe.epollOutReady();
                     }
-                    if (read && ch.isOpen()) {
+
+                    if ((ev & Native.EPOLLIN) != 0 && ch.isOpen()) {
                         // Something is ready to read, so consume it now
                         unsafe.epollInReady();
                     }