diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/AbstractNioWorker.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/AbstractNioWorker.java
index 150fbfc9eb..acf8007b71 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/AbstractNioWorker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/AbstractNioWorker.java
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ abstract class AbstractNioWorker implements Worker {
         boolean shutdown = false;
         int selectReturnsImmediately = 0;
         Selector selector = this.selector;
+
+        // use 80% of the timeout for measure
+        long minSelectTimeout = SelectorUtil.SELECT_TIMEOUT_NANOS / 100 * 80;
+
         for (;;) {
             wakenUp.set(false);
 
@@ -257,8 +261,8 @@ abstract class AbstractNioWorker implements Worker {
                 int selected = SelectorUtil.select(selector);
                 if (selected == 0) {
                     long timeBlocked = System.nanoTime()  - beforeSelect;
-                    if (timeBlocked < SelectorUtil.SELECT_WAIT_TIME) {
-                        // returned before the SELECT_WAIT_TIME elapsed with nothing select.
+                    if (timeBlocked < minSelectTimeout) {
+                        // returned before the minSelectTimeout elapsed with nothing select.
                         // this may be the cause of the jdk epoll(..) bug, so increment the counter
                         // which we use later to see if its really the jdk bug.
                         selectReturnsImmediately++;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/SelectorUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/SelectorUtil.java
index c3d468846c..f24f9accdc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/SelectorUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/SelectorUtil.java
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ final class SelectorUtil {
 
     static final int DEFAULT_IO_THREADS = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 2;
 
-    static final int SELECT_WAIT_TIME = 10;
+    static final int SELECT_TIMEOUT = 10;
+    static final int SELECT_TIMEOUT_NANOS = SELECT_TIMEOUT * 1000;
 
     // Workaround for JDK NIO bug.
     //
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ final class SelectorUtil {
 
     static int select(Selector selector) throws IOException {
         try {
-            return selector.select(SELECT_WAIT_TIME);
+            return selector.select(SELECT_TIMEOUT);
         } catch (CancelledKeyException e) {
             if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 logger.debug(