diff --git a/sys/kern/uipc_sockbuf.c b/sys/kern/uipc_sockbuf.c
index 2060a2e2176a..2d86d740996c 100644
--- a/sys/kern/uipc_sockbuf.c
+++ b/sys/kern/uipc_sockbuf.c
@@ -528,9 +528,6 @@ sbappendstream_locked(struct sockbuf *sb, struct mbuf *m)
 
 	SBLASTMBUFCHK(sb);
 
-	/* Remove all packet headers and mbuf tags to get a pure data chain. */
-	m_demote(m, 1);
-	
 	sbcompress(sb, m, sb->sb_mbtail);
 
 	sb->sb_lastrecord = sb->sb_mb;