diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramChannel.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramChannel.java
index 1ac7f7c3f9c..1c69b9536a6 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramChannel.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramChannel.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public final class EpollDatagramChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel implements
      * on the Operation Systems default which will be chosen.
      */
     public EpollDatagramChannel(EventLoop eventLoop) {
-        this(eventLoop, (InternetProtocolFamily) null);
+        this(eventLoop, null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ public EpollDatagramChannel(EventLoop eventLoop) {
      */
     public EpollDatagramChannel(EventLoop eventLoop, InternetProtocolFamily family) {
         this(eventLoop, family == null ?
-                newSocketDgram(Socket.isIPv6Preferred()) : newSocketDgram(family == InternetProtocolFamily.IPv6));
+            newSocketDgram(Socket.isIPv6Preferred()) :
+            newSocketDgram(family == InternetProtocolFamily.IPv6),
+        false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -86,11 +88,11 @@ public EpollDatagramChannel(EventLoop eventLoop, InternetProtocolFamily family)
      * on the Operation Systems default which will be chosen.
      */
     public EpollDatagramChannel(EventLoop eventLoop, int fd) {
-        this(eventLoop, new LinuxSocket(fd));
+        this(eventLoop, new LinuxSocket(fd), true);
     }
 
-    private EpollDatagramChannel(EventLoop eventLoop, LinuxSocket fd) {
-        super(null, eventLoop, fd, true);
+    private EpollDatagramChannel(EventLoop eventLoop, LinuxSocket fd, boolean active) {
+        super(null, eventLoop, fd, active);
         config = new EpollDatagramChannelConfig(this);
     }
 
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramChannelTest.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramChannelTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bf80482fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramChannelTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package io.netty.channel.epoll;
+
+import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
+import io.netty.channel.MultithreadEventLoopGroup;
+import io.netty.channel.socket.InternetProtocolFamily;
+import io.netty.channel.unix.Socket;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+
+import static io.netty.util.NetUtil.LOCALHOST;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class EpollDatagramChannelTest {
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        Epoll.ensureAvailability();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNotActiveNoLocalRemoteAddress() throws IOException {
+        EventLoopGroup group = new MultithreadEventLoopGroup(1, EpollHandler.newFactory());
+        try {
+            checkNotActiveNoLocalRemoteAddress(new EpollDatagramChannel(group.next()));
+            checkNotActiveNoLocalRemoteAddress(new EpollDatagramChannel(group.next(), InternetProtocolFamily.IPv4));
+            checkNotActiveNoLocalRemoteAddress(new EpollDatagramChannel(group.next(), InternetProtocolFamily.IPv6));
+        } finally {
+            group.shutdownGracefully();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testActiveHasLocalAddress() throws IOException {
+        EventLoopGroup group = new MultithreadEventLoopGroup(1, EpollHandler.newFactory());
+        try {
+            Socket socket = Socket.newSocketDgram();
+            EpollDatagramChannel channel = new EpollDatagramChannel(group.next(), socket.intValue());
+            InetSocketAddress localAddress = channel.localAddress();
+            assertTrue(channel.active);
+            assertNotNull(localAddress);
+            assertEquals(socket.localAddress(), localAddress);
+            channel.fd().close();
+        } finally {
+            group.shutdownGracefully();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLocalAddressBeforeAndAfterBind() {
+        EventLoopGroup group = new MultithreadEventLoopGroup(1, EpollHandler.newFactory());
+        try {
+            TestHandler handler = new TestHandler();
+            InetSocketAddress localAddressBeforeBind = new InetSocketAddress(LOCALHOST, 0);
+
+            Bootstrap bootstrap = new Bootstrap();
+            bootstrap.group(group)
+                    .channel(EpollDatagramChannel.class)
+                    .localAddress(localAddressBeforeBind)
+                    .handler(handler);
+
+            ChannelFuture future = bootstrap.bind().syncUninterruptibly();
+
+            assertNull(handler.localAddress);
+
+            SocketAddress localAddressAfterBind = future.channel().localAddress();
+            assertNotNull(localAddressAfterBind);
+            assertTrue(localAddressAfterBind instanceof InetSocketAddress);
+            assertTrue(((InetSocketAddress) localAddressAfterBind).getPort() != 0);
+
+            future.channel().close().syncUninterruptibly();
+        } finally {
+            group.shutdownGracefully();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void checkNotActiveNoLocalRemoteAddress(EpollDatagramChannel channel) throws IOException {
+        assertFalse(channel.active);
+        assertNull(channel.localAddress());
+        assertNull(channel.remoteAddress());
+        channel.fd().close();
+    }
+
+    private static final class TestHandler implements ChannelHandler {
+        private volatile SocketAddress localAddress;
+
+        @Override
+        public void channelRegistered(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
+            this.localAddress = ctx.channel().localAddress();
+            ctx.fireChannelRegistered();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollReuseAddrTest.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollReuseAddrTest.java
index 2fe049b4843..03db137ce68 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollReuseAddrTest.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollReuseAddrTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandler;
+import io.netty.handler.logging.LogLevel;
+import io.netty.handler.logging.LoggingHandler;
 import io.netty.util.NetUtil;
 import io.netty.util.ReferenceCountUtil;
 import io.netty.util.ResourceLeakDetector;
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ public void testMultipleBindDatagramChannelWithoutReusePortFails() {
     }
 
     private static void testMultipleBindDatagramChannelWithoutReusePortFails0(AbstractBootstrap<?, ?, ?> bootstrap) {
-        bootstrap.handler(new DummyHandler());
+        bootstrap.handler(new LoggingHandler(LogLevel.ERROR));
         ChannelFuture future = bootstrap.bind().syncUninterruptibly();
         try {
             bootstrap.bind(future.channel().localAddress()).syncUninterruptibly();