diff --git a/zipkin-collector/scribe/src/main/java/zipkin2/collector/scribe/ScribeInboundHandler.java b/zipkin-collector/scribe/src/main/java/zipkin2/collector/scribe/ScribeInboundHandler.java
index ef11a63f955..44b0d83721e 100644
--- a/zipkin-collector/scribe/src/main/java/zipkin2/collector/scribe/ScribeInboundHandler.java
+++ b/zipkin-collector/scribe/src/main/java/zipkin2/collector/scribe/ScribeInboundHandler.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void maybeReadPayload(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) {
       if (content instanceof ByteBufHolder) {
         ByteBuf buf = ((ByteBufHolder) content).content();
         try {
-          returned.writeBytes(((ByteBufHolder) content).content());
+          returned.writeBytes(buf);
         } finally {
           buf.release();
         }