diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPool.java b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPool.java
index f59d427f9..7811f16bd 100755
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPool.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPool.java
@@ -362,6 +362,10 @@ public void run(Timeout timeout) {
                     totalCount += partition.size();
                 }
 
+                if (partition.isEmpty()) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 closedCount += reapPartition(partition, start);
             }