diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
index f6022d139d..ecea4386e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ package org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio;
 import static org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.*;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.channels.AsynchronousCloseException;
 import java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException;
 import java.nio.channels.ScatteringByteChannel;
 import java.nio.channels.SelectionKey;
@@ -238,6 +239,8 @@ class NioWorker implements Runnable {
                 }
             }
             failure = false;
+        } catch (AsynchronousCloseException e) {
+            // Can happen, and doesn't need a user attention.
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             fireExceptionCaught(channel, t);
         }