diff --git a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/SelectChannelEndPoint.java b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/SelectChannelEndPoint.java
index 161cf194735..d682584c096 100644
--- a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/SelectChannelEndPoint.java
+++ b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/SelectChannelEndPoint.java
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public class SelectChannelEndPoint extends ChannelEndPoint implements AsyncEndPo
     public void checkIdleTimestamp(long now)
     {
         long idleTimestamp=_idleTimestamp;
-        if (idleTimestamp!=0 && _maxIdleTime>0 && now>(idleTimestamp+_maxIdleTime))
+        if (!getChannel().isOpen() || idleTimestamp!=0 && _maxIdleTime!=0 && now>(idleTimestamp+_maxIdleTime))
             idleExpired();
     }