diff --git a/src/socket_wrapper.c b/src/socket_wrapper.c
index 59fb07dc5909274633927440190e46038c740392..a950a0a0dbc882e8ca8b95278bcd1f013b0036ab 100644
--- a/src/socket_wrapper.c
+++ b/src/socket_wrapper.c
@@ -5993,7 +5993,6 @@ static int swrap_recvmsg_before_unix(struct msghdr *msg_in,
 	if (cm_data == NULL) {
 		return -1;
 	}
-	memcpy(cm_data, msg_in->msg_control, msg_in->msg_controllen);
 
 	msg_tmp->msg_controllen = cm_data_space;
 	msg_tmp->msg_control = cm_data;