diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/aio/AioServerSocketChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/aio/AioServerSocketChannel.java
index 2dea0b580c..efb016242d 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/aio/AioServerSocketChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/aio/AioServerSocketChannel.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package io.netty.channel.socket.aio;
 import io.netty.buffer.ChannelBufType;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelException;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelMetadata;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.ServerSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
 import io.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ import java.nio.channels.AsynchronousSocketChannel;
 
 public class AioServerSocketChannel extends AbstractAioChannel implements ServerSocketChannel {
 
+    private static final ChannelMetadata METADATA = new ChannelMetadata(ChannelBufType.MESSAGE, false);
+
     private static final AcceptHandler ACCEPT_HANDLER = new AcceptHandler();
     private static final InternalLogger logger =
             InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(AioServerSocketChannel.class);
@@ -61,8 +64,8 @@ public class AioServerSocketChannel extends AbstractAioChannel implements Server
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ChannelBufType bufferType() {
-        return ChannelBufType.MESSAGE;
+    public ChannelMetadata metadata() {
+        return METADATA;
     }
 
     @Override