diff --git a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-netty/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/remoting/transport/netty/NettyClient.java b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-netty/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/remoting/transport/netty/NettyClient.java
index 87cc9dd4459..cb6763e3040 100644
--- a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-netty/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/remoting/transport/netty/NettyClient.java
+++ b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-netty/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/remoting/transport/netty/NettyClient.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import org.apache.dubbo.remoting.RemotingException;
 import org.apache.dubbo.remoting.transport.AbstractClient;
 
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
@@ -86,79 +88,100 @@ public ChannelPipeline getPipeline() {
     @Override
     protected void doConnect() throws Throwable {
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        ChannelFuture future = bootstrap.connect(getConnectAddress());
+        InetSocketAddress connectAddress = getConnectAddress();
+        ChannelFuture future = bootstrap.connect(connectAddress);
+        long connectTimeout = getConnectTimeout();
+        long deadline = start + connectTimeout;
         try {
-            boolean ret = future.awaitUninterruptibly(getConnectTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-
-            if (ret && future.isSuccess()) {
-                Channel newChannel = future.getChannel();
-                newChannel.setInterestOps(Channel.OP_READ_WRITE);
-                try {
-                    // Close old channel
-                    Channel oldChannel = NettyClient.this.channel; // copy reference
-                    if (oldChannel != null) {
-                        try {
-                            if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                                logger.info("Close old netty channel " + oldChannel + " on create new netty channel "
-                                        + newChannel);
+            while (true) {
+                boolean ret = future.awaitUninterruptibly(connectTimeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+
+                if (ret && future.isSuccess()) {
+                    Channel newChannel = future.getChannel();
+                    newChannel.setInterestOps(Channel.OP_READ_WRITE);
+                    try {
+                        // copy reference
+                        Channel oldChannel = NettyClient.this.channel;
+                        if (oldChannel != null) {
+                            try {
+                                if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
+                                    logger.info("Close old netty channel " + oldChannel
+                                            + " on create new netty channel " + newChannel);
+                                }
+                                // Close old channel
+                                oldChannel.close();
+                            } finally {
+                                NettyChannel.removeChannelIfDisconnected(oldChannel);
                             }
-                            oldChannel.close();
-                        } finally {
-                            NettyChannel.removeChannelIfDisconnected(oldChannel);
                         }
-                    }
-                } finally {
-                    if (NettyClient.this.isClosed()) {
-                        try {
-                            if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                                logger.info("Close new netty channel " + newChannel + ", because the client closed.");
+                    } finally {
+                        if (NettyClient.this.isClosed()) {
+                            try {
+                                if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
+                                    logger.info(
+                                            "Close new netty channel " + newChannel + ", because the client closed.");
+                                }
+                                newChannel.close();
+                            } finally {
+                                NettyClient.this.channel = null;
+                                NettyChannel.removeChannelIfDisconnected(newChannel);
                             }
-                            newChannel.close();
-                        } finally {
-                            NettyClient.this.channel = null;
-                            NettyChannel.removeChannelIfDisconnected(newChannel);
+                        } else {
+                            NettyClient.this.channel = newChannel;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    break;
+                } else if (future.getCause() != null) {
+                    Throwable cause = future.getCause();
+
+                    if (cause instanceof ClosedChannelException) {
+                        // Netty3.2.10 ClosedChannelException issue, see https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/138
+                        connectTimeout = deadline - System.currentTimeMillis();
+                        if (connectTimeout > 0) {
+                            // 6-1 - Retry connect to provider server by Netty3.2.10 ClosedChannelException issue#138.
+                            logger.warn(
+                                    TRANSPORT_FAILED_CONNECT_PROVIDER,
+                                    "Netty3.2.10 ClosedChannelException issue#138",
+                                    "",
+                                    "Retry connect to provider server.");
+                            future = bootstrap.connect(connectAddress);
+                            continue;
                         }
-                    } else {
-                        NettyClient.this.channel = newChannel;
                     }
+                    RemotingException remotingException = new RemotingException(
+                            this,
+                            "client(url: " + getUrl() + ") failed to connect to server " + getRemoteAddress()
+                                    + ", error message is:" + cause.getMessage(),
+                            cause);
+
+                    // 6-1 - Failed to connect to provider server by other reason.
+                    logger.error(
+                            TRANSPORT_FAILED_CONNECT_PROVIDER,
+                            "network disconnected",
+                            "",
+                            "Failed to connect to provider server by other reason.",
+                            cause);
+
+                    throw remotingException;
+                } else {
+
+                    RemotingException remotingException = new RemotingException(
+                            this,
+                            "client(url: " + getUrl() + ") failed to connect to server " + getRemoteAddress()
+                                    + " client-side timeout " + getConnectTimeout() + "ms (elapsed: "
+                                    + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start) + "ms) from netty client "
+                                    + NetUtils.getLocalHost() + " using dubbo version " + Version.getVersion());
+
+                    // 6-2 - Client-side timeout.
+                    logger.error(
+                            TRANSPORT_CLIENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
+                            "provider crash",
+                            "",
+                            "Client-side timeout.",
+                            remotingException);
+
+                    throw remotingException;
                 }
-            } else if (future.getCause() != null) {
-                Throwable cause = future.getCause();
-
-                RemotingException remotingException = new RemotingException(
-                        this,
-                        "client(url: " + getUrl() + ") failed to connect to server " + getRemoteAddress()
-                                + ", error message is:" + cause.getMessage(),
-                        cause);
-
-                // 6-1 - Failed to connect to provider server by other reason.
-                logger.error(
-                        TRANSPORT_FAILED_CONNECT_PROVIDER,
-                        "network disconnected",
-                        "",
-                        "Failed to connect to provider server by other reason.",
-                        cause);
-
-                throw remotingException;
-            } else {
-
-                RemotingException remotingException = new RemotingException(
-                        this,
-                        "client(url: " + getUrl() + ") failed to connect to server "
-                                + getRemoteAddress() + " client-side timeout "
-                                + getConnectTimeout() + "ms (elapsed: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start)
-                                + "ms) from netty client "
-                                + NetUtils.getLocalHost() + " using dubbo version " + Version.getVersion());
-
-                // 6-2 - Client-side timeout.
-                logger.error(
-                        TRANSPORT_CLIENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
-                        "provider crash",
-                        "",
-                        "Client-side timeout.",
-                        remotingException);
-
-                throw remotingException;
             }
         } finally {
             if (!isConnected()) {