diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java
index 3cace161a7..305fea7351 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public final class NioDatagramChannel
     @Override
     public boolean isActive() {
         DatagramChannel ch = javaChannel();
-        return ch.isOpen() && ch.socket().isBound();
+        return ch.isOpen();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioDatagramChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioDatagramChannel.java
index 4d5c14eccd..ead6fd22a9 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioDatagramChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioDatagramChannel.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class OioDatagramChannel extends AbstractOioMessageChannel
 
     @Override
     public boolean isActive() {
-        return isOpen() && socket.isBound();
+        return isOpen();
     }
 
     @Override