diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollEventLoop.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollEventLoop.java
index 40c25ac6335..6cd2bfa7ea6 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollEventLoop.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollEventLoop.java
@@ -425,12 +425,6 @@ void handleLoopException(Throwable t) {
     }
 
     private void closeAll() {
-        try {
-            epollWaitNow();
-        } catch (IOException ignore) {
-            // ignore on close
-        }
-
         // Using the intermediate collection to prevent ConcurrentModificationException.
         // In the `close()` method, the channel is deleted from `channels` map.
         AbstractEpollChannel[] localChannels = channels.values().toArray(new AbstractEpollChannel[0]);