diff -r 0b8c6e883208 src/openflow/model/openflow-switch-net-device.cc
--- a/src/openflow/model/openflow-switch-net-device.cc	Mon Aug 31 10:41:05 2015 -0700
+++ b/src/openflow/model/openflow-switch-net-device.cc	Mon Aug 31 13:57:59 2015 -0700
@@ -444,10 +444,11 @@
 }
 
 ofpbuf *
-OpenFlowSwitchNetDevice::BufferFromPacket (Ptr<Packet> packet, Address src, Address dst, int mtu, uint16_t protocol)
+OpenFlowSwitchNetDevice::BufferFromPacket (Ptr<const Packet> constPacket, Address src, Address dst, int mtu, uint16_t protocol)
 {
   NS_LOG_INFO ("Creating Openflow buffer from packet.");
 
+  Ptr<Packet> packet = constPacket->Copy ();
   /*
    * Allocate buffer with some headroom to add headers in forwarding
    * to the controller or adding a vlan tag, plus an extra 2 bytes to
@@ -470,6 +471,7 @@
       src.CopyTo (eth_h->eth_src);              // Source Mac Address
       eth_h->eth_type = htons (ETH_TYPE_IP);    // Ether Type
       NS_LOG_INFO ("Parsed EthernetHeader");
+      packet->RemoveHeader (eth_hd);
 
       l2_length = ETH_HEADER_LEN;
     }
@@ -493,6 +495,7 @@
           ip_h->ip_dst      = htonl (ip_hd.GetDestination ().Get ()); // Destination Address
           ip_h->ip_csum     = csum (&ip_h, sizeof ip_h);        // Header Checksum
           NS_LOG_INFO ("Parsed Ipv4Header");
+          packet->RemoveHeader (ip_hd);
 
           l3_length = IP_HEADER_LEN;
         }
@@ -515,6 +518,7 @@
           arp_h->ar_hln = sizeof arp_h->ar_tha;                         // Hardware address length.
           arp_h->ar_pln = sizeof arp_h->ar_tpa;                         // Protocol address length.
           NS_LOG_INFO ("Parsed ArpHeader");
+          packet->RemoveHeader (arp_hd);
 
           l3_length = ARP_ETH_HEADER_LEN;
         }
@@ -539,6 +543,7 @@
               tcp_h->tcp_urg = tcp_hd.GetUrgentPointer ();      // Urgent Pointer
               tcp_h->tcp_csum = csum (&tcp_h, sizeof tcp_h);    // Header Checksum
               NS_LOG_INFO ("Parsed TcpHeader");
+              packet->RemoveHeader (tcp_hd);
 
               l4_length = TCP_HEADER_LEN;
             }
@@ -562,13 +567,14 @@
               udp_csum = csum_continue (udp_csum, udp_h, sizeof udp_h);
               udp_h->udp_csum = csum_finish (csum_continue (udp_csum, buffer->data, buffer->size)); // Header Checksum
               NS_LOG_INFO ("Parsed UdpHeader");
+              packet->RemoveHeader (udp_hd);
 
               l4_length = UDP_HEADER_LEN;
             }
         }
     }
 
-  // Load Packet data into buffer data
+  // Load any remaining packet data into buffer data
   packet->CopyData ((uint8_t*)buffer->data, packet->GetSize ());
 
   if (buffer->l4)
diff -r 0b8c6e883208 src/openflow/model/openflow-switch-net-device.h
--- a/src/openflow/model/openflow-switch-net-device.h	Mon Aug 31 10:41:05 2015 -0700
+++ b/src/openflow/model/openflow-switch-net-device.h	Mon Aug 31 13:57:59 2015 -0700
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
    * \param protocol The protocol defining the packet.
    * \return The OpenFlow Buffer created from the packet.
    */
-  ofpbuf * BufferFromPacket (Ptr<Packet> packet, Address src, Address dst, int mtu, uint16_t protocol);
+  ofpbuf * BufferFromPacket (Ptr<const Packet> packet, Address src, Address dst, int mtu, uint16_t protocol);
 
 private:
   /**