diff --git a/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/SingleThreadEventLoopTest.java b/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/SingleThreadEventLoopTest.java
index dc8621b8c3..3a69580817 100644
--- a/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/SingleThreadEventLoopTest.java
+++ b/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/SingleThreadEventLoopTest.java
@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ public class SingleThreadEventLoopTest {
 
             if (interrupted) {
                 thread.interrupt();
+                interrupted = false;
             }
 
             // We use LockSupport.parkNanos() and NOT Thread.sleep() to eliminate the overhead of creating a new