diff --git a/sys/net/iflib.c b/sys/net/iflib.c
--- a/sys/net/iflib.c
+++ b/sys/net/iflib.c
@@ -2122,7 +2122,7 @@
 		    BUS_DMASYNC_PREREAD);
 
 		if (sd_m[frag_idx] == NULL) {
-			m = m_gethdr(M_NOWAIT, MT_NOINIT);
+			m = m_gethdr_raw(M_NOWAIT, 0);
 			if (__predict_false(m == NULL))
 				break;
 			sd_m[frag_idx] = m;