diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/SocketReceiveBufferPool.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/SocketReceiveBufferPool.java
index cff543aaca..de2b53ff83 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/SocketReceiveBufferPool.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/SocketReceiveBufferPool.java
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ final class SocketReceiveBufferPool {
         }
 
         ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(normalizeCapacity(size));
-        buf.clear();
         return buf;
     }