diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/LoginSessionHandler.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/LoginSessionHandler.java
index 14b7ad22c..b2535931e 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/LoginSessionHandler.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/LoginSessionHandler.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend;
 
-import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.ConnectionRequestBuilder;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.util.GameProfile;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.VelocityServer;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.PlayerInfoForwarding;
@@ -56,23 +55,16 @@ public class LoginSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     MinecraftConnection mc = serverConn.ensureConnected();
     VelocityConfiguration configuration = server.getConfiguration();
     if (configuration.getPlayerInfoForwardingMode() == PlayerInfoForwarding.MODERN && packet
-        .getChannel()
-        .equals(VelocityConstants.VELOCITY_IP_FORWARDING_CHANNEL)) {
-      LoginPluginResponse response = new LoginPluginResponse();
-      response.setSuccess(true);
-      response.setId(packet.getId());
-      response.setData(createForwardingData(configuration.getForwardingSecret(),
+        .getChannel().equals(VelocityConstants.VELOCITY_IP_FORWARDING_CHANNEL)) {
+      ByteBuf forwardingData = createForwardingData(configuration.getForwardingSecret(),
           serverConn.getPlayer().getRemoteAddress().getHostString(),
-          serverConn.getPlayer().getGameProfile()));
+          serverConn.getPlayer().getGameProfile());
+      LoginPluginResponse response = new LoginPluginResponse(packet.getId(), true, forwardingData);
       mc.write(response);
       informationForwarded = true;
     } else {
       // Don't understand
-      LoginPluginResponse response = new LoginPluginResponse();
-      response.setSuccess(false);
-      response.setId(packet.getId());
-      response.setData(Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER);
-      mc.write(response);
+      mc.write(new LoginPluginResponse(packet.getId(), false, Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER));
     }
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/packet/LoginPluginResponse.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/packet/LoginPluginResponse.java
index 159482cd8..5321c0eea 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/packet/LoginPluginResponse.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/packet/LoginPluginResponse.java
@@ -4,14 +4,25 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftSessionHandler;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.MinecraftPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.ProtocolUtils;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.util.DeferredByteBufHolder;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 
-public class LoginPluginResponse implements MinecraftPacket {
+public class LoginPluginResponse extends DeferredByteBufHolder implements MinecraftPacket {
 
   private int id;
   private boolean success;
-  private ByteBuf data = Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER;
+
+  public LoginPluginResponse() {
+    super(Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER);
+  }
+
+  public LoginPluginResponse(int id, boolean success, @MonotonicNonNull ByteBuf buf) {
+    super(buf);
+    this.id = id;
+    this.success = success;
+  }
 
   public int getId() {
     return id;
@@ -29,20 +40,12 @@ public class LoginPluginResponse implements MinecraftPacket {
     this.success = success;
   }
 
-  public ByteBuf getData() {
-    return data;
-  }
-
-  public void setData(ByteBuf data) {
-    this.data = data;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     return "LoginPluginResponse{"
         + "id=" + id
         + ", success=" + success
-        + ", data=" + data
+        + ", data=" + super.toString()
         + '}';
   }
 
@@ -51,9 +54,9 @@ public class LoginPluginResponse implements MinecraftPacket {
     this.id = ProtocolUtils.readVarInt(buf);
     this.success = buf.readBoolean();
     if (buf.isReadable()) {
-      this.data = buf.readSlice(buf.readableBytes());
+      this.replace(buf.readSlice(buf.readableBytes()));
     } else {
-      this.data = Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER;
+      this.replace(Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER);
     }
   }
 
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ public class LoginPluginResponse implements MinecraftPacket {
   public void encode(ByteBuf buf, ProtocolUtils.Direction direction, ProtocolVersion version) {
     ProtocolUtils.writeVarInt(buf, id);
     buf.writeBoolean(success);
-    buf.writeBytes(data);
+    buf.writeBytes(content());
   }
 
   @Override