diff --git a/src/main/java/org/xnio/netty/transport/AbstractXnioSocketChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/xnio/netty/transport/AbstractXnioSocketChannel.java
index 97e82fe..2c78b93 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/xnio/netty/transport/AbstractXnioSocketChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/xnio/netty/transport/AbstractXnioSocketChannel.java
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ protected void doWrite(ChannelOutboundBuffer in) throws Exception {
                         }
                     }
 
+                    boolean byteBuffersOnly = true;
                     if (done) {
                         // Release all buffers
                         for (int i = msgCount; i > 0; i --) {
@@ -194,6 +195,10 @@ protected void doWrite(ChannelOutboundBuffer in) throws Exception {
                         // Release the fully written buffers and update the indexes of the partially written buffer.
 
                         for (int i = msgCount; i > 0; i --) {
+                            if (in.current() != null && ! (in.current() instanceof ByteBuf)) {
+                                byteBuffersOnly = false;
+                                break;
+                            }
                             final ByteBuf buf = (ByteBuf) in.current();
                             final int readerIndex = buf.readerIndex();
                             final int readableBytes = buf.writerIndex() - readerIndex;
@@ -212,14 +217,13 @@ protected void doWrite(ChannelOutboundBuffer in) throws Exception {
                                 break;
                             }
                         }
-
                         incompleteWrite(setOpWrite);
                         break;
                     }
-                    continue;
+                    if (byteBuffersOnly)
+                        continue;
                 }
             }
-
             Object msg = in.current();
             if (msg == null) {
                 // Wrote all messages.