diff --git a/openflow/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/openflow/controller/DefaultOpenFlowPacketContext.java b/openflow/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/openflow/controller/DefaultOpenFlowPacketContext.java
index f419d24..4cd29c4 100644
--- a/openflow/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/openflow/controller/DefaultOpenFlowPacketContext.java
+++ b/openflow/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/openflow/controller/DefaultOpenFlowPacketContext.java
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@
     private final OFPacketIn pktin;
     private OFPacketOut pktout = null;
 
+    private final boolean isBuffered;
+
     private DefaultOpenFlowPacketContext(OpenFlowSwitch s, OFPacketIn pkt) {
         this.sw = s;
         this.pktin = pkt;
+        this.isBuffered = pktin.getBufferId() != OFBufferId.NO_BUFFER;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -117,4 +120,9 @@
         return !free.get();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isBuffered() {
+        return isBuffered;
+    }
+
 }