diff --git a/src/main/java/org/java_websocket/SSLSocketChannel2.java b/src/main/java/org/java_websocket/SSLSocketChannel2.java
index c0ea28e3..23c4f8af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/java_websocket/SSLSocketChannel2.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/java_websocket/SSLSocketChannel2.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public SSLSocketChannel2(SocketChannel channel, SSLEngine sslEngine, ExecutorSer
     createBuffers(sslEngine.getSession());
     // kick off handshake
     socketChannel.write(wrap(emptybuffer));// initializes res
-    processHandshake();
+    processHandshake(false);
   }
 
   private void consumeFutureUninterruptible(Future<?> f) {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ private void consumeFutureUninterruptible(Future<?> f) {
    * This method will do whatever necessary to process the sslEngine handshake. Thats why it's
    * called both from the {@link #read(ByteBuffer)} and {@link #write(ByteBuffer)}
    **/
-  private synchronized void processHandshake() throws IOException {
+  private synchronized void processHandshake(boolean isReading) throws IOException {
     if (sslEngine.getHandshakeStatus() == HandshakeStatus.NOT_HANDSHAKING) {
       return; // since this may be called either from a reading or a writing thread and because this method is synchronized it is necessary to double check if we are still handshaking.
     }
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ private synchronized void processHandshake() throws IOException {
       }
     }
 
-    if (sslEngine.getHandshakeStatus() == SSLEngineResult.HandshakeStatus.NEED_UNWRAP) {
+    if (isReading && sslEngine.getHandshakeStatus() == SSLEngineResult.HandshakeStatus.NEED_UNWRAP) {
       if (!isBlocking() || readEngineResult.getStatus() == Status.BUFFER_UNDERFLOW) {
         inCrypt.compact();
         int read = socketChannel.read(inCrypt);
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ protected void createBuffers(SSLSession session) {
 
   public int write(ByteBuffer src) throws IOException {
     if (!isHandShakeComplete()) {
-      processHandshake();
+      processHandshake(false);
       return 0;
     }
     // assert(bufferallocations > 1); // see #190
@@ -303,10 +303,10 @@ public int read(ByteBuffer dst) throws IOException {
       if (!isHandShakeComplete()) {
         if (isBlocking()) {
           while (!isHandShakeComplete()) {
-            processHandshake();
+            processHandshake(true);
           }
         } else {
-          processHandshake();
+          processHandshake(true);
           if (!isHandShakeComplete()) {
             return 0;
           }