diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyFrameDecoder.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyFrameDecoder.java
index 806a99a9e8..e5236814c1 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyFrameDecoder.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyFrameDecoder.java
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ public class SpdyFrameDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
                 Object frame = readControlFrame(buffer);
                 if (frame != null) {
                     state = State.READ_COMMON_HEADER;
+                    out.add(frame);
                 }
-                out.add(frame);
                 return;
             } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                 state = State.FRAME_ERROR;