diff --git a/p2p/peer.go b/p2p/peer.go
index 4908865338..c3834965cc 100644
--- a/p2p/peer.go
+++ b/p2p/peer.go
@@ -343,11 +343,11 @@ func (p *Peer) handle(msg Msg) error {
 		case <-p.closed:
 		}
 	case msg.Code == discMsg:
-		var reason [1]DiscReason
 		// This is the last message. We don't need to discard or
 		// check errors because, the connection will be closed after it.
-		rlp.Decode(msg.Payload, &reason)
-		return reason[0]
+		var m struct{ R DiscReason }
+		rlp.Decode(msg.Payload, &m)
+		return m.R
 	case msg.Code < baseProtocolLength:
 		// ignore other base protocol messages
 		return msg.Discard()
diff --git a/p2p/peer_test.go b/p2p/peer_test.go
index cb2c4f0669..4308bbd2eb 100644
--- a/p2p/peer_test.go
+++ b/p2p/peer_test.go
@@ -17,12 +17,9 @@
 package p2p
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"reflect"
@@ -363,15 +360,3 @@ func TestMatchProtocols(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func TestDiscReasonDecoding(t *testing.T) {
-	// as it is encoded func (t *rlpxTransport) close(err error) in transport.go
-	var payload bytes.Buffer
-	err := rlp.Encode(&payload, []DiscReason{DiscQuitting})
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	p := &Peer{}
-	err = p.handle(Msg{Code: discMsg, Payload: bytes.NewReader(payload.Bytes())})
-	t.Log(err)
-	require.True(t, errors.Is(err, DiscQuitting))
-}