diff --git a/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c b/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
--- a/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
+++ b/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 {
 
 	socket_zone = uma_zcreate("socket", sizeof(struct socket), NULL, NULL,
-	    NULL, NULL, UMA_ALIGN_PTR, UMA_ZONE_NOFREE);
+	    NULL, NULL, UMA_ALIGN_PTR, 0);
 	maxsockets = uma_zone_set_max(socket_zone, maxsockets);
 	uma_zone_set_warning(socket_zone, "kern.ipc.maxsockets limit reached");
 	EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER(maxsockets_change, socket_zone_change, NULL,