diff --git a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/ChannelEndPoint.java b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/ChannelEndPoint.java
index 2c49e27284d5..a227f8808928 100644
--- a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/ChannelEndPoint.java
+++ b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/ChannelEndPoint.java
@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@ public void doClose()
             LOG.debug("doClose {}", this);
         try
         {
-            if (_key != null)
-                _key.cancel();
+            _key.cancel();
             _channel.close();
         }
         catch (IOException e)
diff --git a/jetty-io/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/SocketChannelEndPointOpenCloseTest.java b/jetty-io/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/SocketChannelEndPointOpenCloseTest.java
index 7a6007779161..44e67dc6a033 100644
--- a/jetty-io/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/SocketChannelEndPointOpenCloseTest.java
+++ b/jetty-io/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/SocketChannelEndPointOpenCloseTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 package org.eclipse.jetty.io;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.channels.SelectableChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.SelectionKey;
+import java.nio.channels.Selector;
 import java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel;
 import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
 
@@ -58,9 +61,51 @@ public static void close() throws Exception
     private EndPointPair newConnection() throws Exception
     {
         EndPointPair c = new EndPointPair();
-
-        c.client = new SocketChannelEndPoint(SocketChannel.open(connector.socket().getLocalSocketAddress()), null, null, null);
-        c.server = new SocketChannelEndPoint(connector.accept(), null, null, null);
+        SelectionKey k = new SelectionKey()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public SelectableChannel channel()
+            {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public Selector selector()
+            {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean isValid()
+            {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void cancel()
+            {
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public int interestOps()
+            {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public SelectionKey interestOps(int ops)
+            {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public int readyOps()
+            {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+            }
+        };
+        c.client = new SocketChannelEndPoint(SocketChannel.open(connector.socket().getLocalSocketAddress()), null, k, null);
+        c.server = new SocketChannelEndPoint(connector.accept(), null, k, null);
         return c;
     }