diff --git a/datapath-windows/ovsext/Actions.c b/datapath-windows/ovsext/Actions.c
index 5ad29ee6094..4edf7d0ec31 100644
--- a/datapath-windows/ovsext/Actions.c
+++ b/datapath-windows/ovsext/Actions.c
@@ -1989,15 +1989,6 @@ OvsDoRecirc(POVS_SWITCH_CONTEXT switchContext,
                          NET_BUFFER_LIST_SWITCH_FORWARDING_DETAIL(curNbl),
                          completionList, layers, TRUE);
 
-    status = OvsExtractFlow(ovsFwdCtx.curNbl, ovsFwdCtx.srcVportNo, key,
-                            &ovsFwdCtx.layers, NULL);
-    if (status != NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-        OvsCompleteNBLForwardingCtx(&ovsFwdCtx,
-            L"OVS-Dropped due to extract flow failure");
-        ovsActionStats.failedFlowMiss++;
-        return NDIS_STATUS_FAILURE;
-    }
-
     flow = OvsLookupFlow(&ovsFwdCtx.switchContext->datapath, key, &hash, FALSE);
     if (flow) {
         UINT32 level = OvsDeferredActionsLevelGet();