diff --git a/src/networking.cpp b/src/networking.cpp
index 7e88be1d0..636e95c62 100644
--- a/src/networking.cpp
+++ b/src/networking.cpp
@@ -1678,8 +1678,6 @@ int handleClientsWithPendingWrites(int iel) {
 
         std::unique_lock<decltype(c->lock)> lock(c->lock);
 
-        AeLocker locker;
-        locker.arm(c);
         /* Try to write buffers to the client socket. */
         if (writeToClient(c->fd,c,0) == C_ERR) 
         {