diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/BufferList.js b/lib/internal/streams/BufferList.js
index 23d5a8a2db0eb7..b2daf82e74190b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/BufferList.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/BufferList.js
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ module.exports = class BufferList {
   concat(n) {
     if (this.length === 0)
       return Buffer.alloc(0);
-    if (this.length === 1)
-      return this.head.data;
     const ret = Buffer.allocUnsafe(n >>> 0);
     var p = this.head;
     var i = 0;