diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollChannel.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollChannel.java
index 831f78f748..e2078d3880 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollChannel.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollChannel.java
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ abstract class AbstractEpollChannel extends AbstractChannel {
     @Override
     protected void doClose() throws Exception {
         active = false;
+
+        // deregister from epoll now
+        doDeregister();
+
         int fd = this.fd;
         this.fd = -1;
         Native.close(fd);
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ abstract class AbstractEpollChannel extends AbstractChannel {
 
     protected final void clearEpollIn() {
         if ((flags & readFlag) != 0) {
-            flags = ~readFlag;
+            flags &= ~readFlag;
             ((EpollEventLoop) eventLoop()).modify(this);
         }
     }
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketChannel.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketChannel.java
index cb00276f6e..10d755fd6c 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketChannel.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketChannel.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public final class EpollSocketChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel implements So
 
     private void clearEpollOut() {
         if ((flags & Native.EPOLLOUT) != 0) {
-            flags = ~Native.EPOLLOUT;
+            flags &= ~Native.EPOLLOUT;
             ((EpollEventLoop) eventLoop()).modify(this);
         }
     }
@@ -528,7 +528,11 @@ public final class EpollSocketChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel implements So
 
         @Override
         void epollRdHupReady() {
-            closeOnRead(pipeline());
+            if (isActive()) {
+                epollInReady();
+            } else {
+                closeOnRead(pipeline());
+            }
         }
 
         @Override