diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedFile.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedFile.java
index 013f9f8ddc..f7ed0fa601 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedFile.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class ChunkedFile implements ChunkedInput {
     private final long startOffset;
     private final long endOffset;
     private final int chunkSize;
-    private volatile long offset;
+    private long offset;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new instance that fetches data from the specified file.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedNioFile.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedNioFile.java
index 56946aa9e4..c887df269c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedNioFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedNioFile.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class ChunkedNioFile implements ChunkedInput {
     private long startOffset;
     private final long endOffset;
     private final int chunkSize;
-    private volatile long offset;
+    private long offset;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new instance that fetches data from the specified file.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedNioStream.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedNioStream.java
index c254829e4c..cbd4e034a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedNioStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedNioStream.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class ChunkedNioStream implements ChunkedInput {
     private final ReadableByteChannel in;
 
     private final int chunkSize;
-    private volatile long offset;
+    private long offset;
 
     /**
      * Associated ByteBuffer
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedStream.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedStream.java
index 631fe1d631..8e09fd9576 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/stream/ChunkedStream.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class ChunkedStream implements ChunkedInput {
 
     private final PushbackInputStream in;
     private final int chunkSize;
-    private volatile long offset;
+    private long offset;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new instance that fetches data from the specified stream.