diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp
index 764a9eed7e..20b62a490e 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp
@@ -308,6 +308,10 @@ void LimitedNodeList::killNodeWithUUID(const QUuid& nodeUUID) {
     }
 }
 
+void LimitedNodeList::processKillNode(NLPacket& packet) {
+    processKillNode(QByteArray::fromRawData(packet.getData(), packet.getSizeWithHeader()));
+}
+
 void LimitedNodeList::processKillNode(const QByteArray& dataByteArray) {
     // read the node id
     QUuid nodeUUID = QUuid::fromRfc4122(dataByteArray.mid(numBytesForPacketHeader(dataByteArray), NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID));
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.h b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.h
index f48f2aaa31..770da8f876 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ public:
     const HifiSockAddr& getLocalSockAddr() const { return _localSockAddr; }
     const HifiSockAddr& getSTUNSockAddr() const { return _stunSockAddr; }
 
+    void processKillNode(NLPacket& packet);
     void processKillNode(const QByteArray& datagram);
 
     int updateNodeWithDataFromPacket(const SharedNodePointer& matchingNode, QSharedPointer<NLPacket> packet);