diff --git a/tools/rpc_replay/rpc_replay.cpp b/tools/rpc_replay/rpc_replay.cpp
index a08fbefa1c..412397b29c 100644
--- a/tools/rpc_replay/rpc_replay.cpp
+++ b/tools/rpc_replay/rpc_replay.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <brpc/serialized_request.h>
 #include <brpc/nshead_message.h>
 #include <brpc/details/http_message.h>
+#include "brpc/options.pb.h"
 #include "info_thread.h"
 
 DEFINE_string(dir, "", "The directory of dumped requests");
@@ -82,21 +83,25 @@ int ChannelGroup::Init() {
     }
     _chans.resize(max_protocol_size + 1);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < protocols.size(); ++i) {
-        if (protocols[i].second.support_client() &&
-            protocols[i].second.support_server()) {
-            const brpc::ProtocolType prot = protocols[i].first;
+        const brpc::ProtocolType protocol_type = protocols[i].first;
+        const brpc::Protocol protocol = protocols[i].second;
+        brpc::ChannelOptions options;
+        options.protocol = protocol_type;
+        options.connection_type = FLAGS_connection_type;
+        options.timeout_ms = FLAGS_timeout_ms/*milliseconds*/;
+        options.max_retry = FLAGS_max_retry;
+        if ((options.connection_type == brpc::CONNECTION_TYPE_UNKNOWN || 
+            options.connection_type & protocol.supported_connection_type) &&
+            protocol.support_client() &&
+            protocol.support_server()) {
             brpc::Channel* chan = new brpc::Channel;
-            brpc::ChannelOptions options;
-            options.protocol = prot;
-            options.connection_type = FLAGS_connection_type;
-            options.timeout_ms = FLAGS_timeout_ms/*milliseconds*/;
-            options.max_retry = FLAGS_max_retry;
             if (chan->Init(FLAGS_server.c_str(), FLAGS_load_balancer.c_str(),
                         &options) != 0) {
                 LOG(ERROR) << "Fail to initialize channel";
+                delete chan;
                 return -1;
             }
-            _chans[prot] = chan;
+            _chans[protocol_type] = chan;
         }
     }
     return 0;