diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/LegacyPingDecoder.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/LegacyPingDecoder.java
index 8b53918fc..875bc3c78 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/LegacyPingDecoder.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/LegacyPingDecoder.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class LegacyPingDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
     }
 
     if (!ctx.channel().isActive()) {
-      in.skipBytes(in.readableBytes());
+      in.clear();
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftVarintFrameDecoder.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftVarintFrameDecoder.java
index 3415c12da..fc9bc56e5 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftVarintFrameDecoder.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftVarintFrameDecoder.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class MinecraftVarintFrameDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
   @Override
   protected void decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf in, List<Object> out) {
     if (!ctx.channel().isActive()) {
-      in.skipBytes(in.readableBytes());
+      in.clear();
       return;
     }