diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/SocketReceiveBufferPool.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/SocketReceiveBufferPool.java
index bc20ab47c9..f8c646998a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/SocketReceiveBufferPool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/SocketReceiveBufferPool.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ final class SocketReceiveBufferPool {
         }
 
         ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(normalizeCapacity(size));
-        buf.clear();
         return buf;
     }