diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/NioEventLoop.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/NioEventLoop.java
index 34c00a8cd5..64c954a54b 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/NioEventLoop.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/NioEventLoop.java
@@ -624,7 +624,20 @@ public final class NioEventLoop extends SingleThreadEventLoop {
                     // the task queue has a pending task.
                     break;
                 }
-
+                if (selectedKeys == 0 && Thread.interrupted()) {
+                    // Thread was interrupted so reset selected keys and break so we not run into a busy loop.
+                    // As this is most likely a bug in the handler of the user or it's client library we will
+                    // also log it.
+                    //
+                    // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/2426
+                    if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                        logger.debug("Selector.select() returned prematurely because " +
+                                "Thread.currentThread().interrupt() was called. Use " +
+                                "NioEventLoop.shutdownGracefully() to shutdown the NioEventLoop.");
+                    }
+                    selectCnt = 1;
+                    break;
+                }
                 if (SELECTOR_AUTO_REBUILD_THRESHOLD > 0 &&
                         selectCnt >= SELECTOR_AUTO_REBUILD_THRESHOLD) {
                     // The selector returned prematurely many times in a row.