diff --git a/src/applications/udp-echo/udp-echo-server.cc b/src/applications/udp-echo/udp-echo-server.cc
index 502673519..af7747c0a 100644
--- a/src/applications/udp-echo/udp-echo-server.cc
+++ b/src/applications/udp-echo/udp-echo-server.cc
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ UdpEchoServer::HandleRead (Ptr<Socket> socket)
           NS_LOG_INFO ("Received " << packet->GetSize() << " bytes from " << 
             address.GetIpv4());
 
+          packet->RemoveAllTags ();
+
           NS_LOG_LOGIC ("Echoing packet");
           socket->SendTo (packet, 0, from);
         }