diff --git a/src/msg/async/net_handler.cc b/src/msg/async/net_handler.cc
index 59f703fe20e..3ab1855da9f 100644
--- a/src/msg/async/net_handler.cc
+++ b/src/msg/async/net_handler.cc
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int NetHandler::create_socket(int domain, bool reuse_addr)
     return -errno;
   }
 
+#if !defined(__FreeBSD__)
   /* Make sure connection-intensive things like the benchmark
    * will be able to close/open sockets a zillion of times */
   if (reuse_addr) {
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ int NetHandler::create_socket(int domain, bool reuse_addr)
       return -errno;
     }
   }
+#endif
 
   return s;
 }