diff --git a/src/client/signal.ml b/src/client/signal.ml
index 91e9e332..48b95d1d 100644
--- a/src/client/signal.ml
+++ b/src/client/signal.ml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ module Converter = struct
     in
     let x = ctor resource in
     let@ _sc = Self_trace.with_ ~kind:Span.Span_kind_internal "encode-proto" in
-    Pbrt.Encoder.reset encoder;
     enc x encoder;
     Pbrt.Encoder.to_string encoder