diff --git a/lib/child_process.js b/lib/child_process.js
index 1f9ddd543ae..8509d53024f 100644
--- a/lib/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/child_process.js
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ var handleConversion = {
   'net.Socket': {
     send: function(message, socket) {
       // pause socket so no data is lost, will be resumed later
-      socket.pause();
 
       // if the socket wsa created by net.Server
       if (socket.server) {
@@ -142,7 +141,6 @@ var handleConversion = {
     got: function(message, handle, emit) {
       var socket = new net.Socket({handle: handle});
       socket.readable = socket.writable = true;
-      socket.pause();
 
       // if the socket was created by net.Server we will track the socket
       if (message.key) {
@@ -153,7 +151,6 @@ var handleConversion = {
       }
 
       emit(socket);
-      socket.resume();
     }
   }
 };