diff --git a/src/vnet/sctp/sctp.c b/src/vnet/sctp/sctp.c
index 10ec770..86aef88 100644
--- a/src/vnet/sctp/sctp.c
+++ b/src/vnet/sctp/sctp.c
@@ -892,8 +892,7 @@
   vec_validate (tm->ip_lookup_tx_frames[0], num_threads - 1);
   vec_validate (tm->ip_lookup_tx_frames[1], num_threads - 1);
 
-  tm->bytes_per_buffer = vlib_buffer_free_list_buffer_size
-    (vm, VLIB_BUFFER_DEFAULT_FREE_LIST_INDEX);
+  tm->bytes_per_buffer = VLIB_BUFFER_DATA_SIZE;
 
   vec_validate (tm->time_now, num_threads - 1);
   return error;