diff --git a/platform/src/packet_io.cpp b/platform/src/packet_io.cpp
index 063b9d5..18ca37a 100644
--- a/platform/src/packet_io.cpp
+++ b/platform/src/packet_io.cpp
@@ -990,8 +990,8 @@ static struct session_ctx *new_session(struct metadata *meta, struct four_tuple
     session_ctx->session_addr = sce_ctx->enable_debug ? four_tuple_tostring(inner_tuple4) : NULL;
     session_ctx->rehash_index = meta->rehash_index;
     session_ctx->vxlan_src_port = calculate_vxlan_source_port(inner_tuple4);
-    session_ctx->ctrl_pkt_hdr_ptr = memdup(meta->raw_data, meta->raw_len);
-    session_ctx->ctrl_pkt_hdr_len = meta->raw_len;
+    session_ctx->ctrl_pkt_hdr_ptr = memdup(meta->raw_data, meta->l7offset);
+    session_ctx->ctrl_pkt_hdr_len = meta->l7offset;
     session_ctx->chaining_raw = selected_chaining_create(chaining_size, session_ctx->session_id, session_ctx->session_addr);
     session_ctx->chaining_decrypted = selected_chaining_create(chaining_size, session_ctx->session_id, session_ctx->session_addr);
     session_ctx->ref_thread_ctx = thread_ctx;