diff --git a/transport-native-kqueue/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueDatagramChannel.java b/transport-native-kqueue/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueDatagramChannel.java
index b6757a7c41..c45973123e 100644
--- a/transport-native-kqueue/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueDatagramChannel.java
+++ b/transport-native-kqueue/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueDatagramChannel.java
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public final class KQueueDatagramChannel extends AbstractKQueueChannel implement
         }
 
         // Whether all messages were written or not.
-        writeFilter(in.isEmpty());
+        writeFilter(!in.isEmpty());
     }
 
     private boolean doWriteMessage(Object msg) throws Exception {