diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/transport/Request.java b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/transport/Request.java
index 832d9f2ac5b..35bc5647ce9 100755
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/transport/Request.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/transport/Request.java
@@ -259,11 +259,6 @@ public class Request {
 
     public static ByteBuffer doDecompress(ByteBuffer buffer, int length) {
         byte[] byteArrayIn = new byte[1024];
-        int allocLength = length;
-        /* Add default length to support 2.2.8 */
-        if (allocLength < 65535) {
-            allocLength = 65535;
-        }
         ByteArrayInputStream byteIn;
         if (buffer.hasArray()) {
             byteIn = new ByteArrayInputStream(buffer.array(),
@@ -274,7 +269,7 @@ public class Request {
             buffer.get(array);
             byteIn = new ByteArrayInputStream(array);
         }
-        ByteBuffer retBuff = ByteBuffer.allocate(allocLength);
+        ByteBuffer retBuff = ByteBuffer.allocate(length);
         int len = 0;
         try {
             GZIPInputStream in = new GZIPInputStream(byteIn);