diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 0f70ca8b4..792917d52 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #Nmap Changelog ($Id$); -*-text-*-
 
+o [GH#2269] Fix an issue with -sU where payloads were modified when retrieving
+  them, causing later payloads to not be sent. [Mariusz Ziulek]
+
 o [GH#2257] Fix an issue in addrset matching that was causing all targets to be
   excluded if the --excludefile listed a CIDR range that contains an earlier,
   smaller CIDR range. [Daniel Miller]
diff --git a/payload.cc b/payload.cc
index c7bfe8fb6..d45af7940 100644
--- a/payload.cc
+++ b/payload.cc
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ int init_payloads(void) {
 const char *udp_port2payload(u16 dport, size_t *length, u8 tryno) {
   static const char *payload_null = "";
   std::map<struct proto_dport, std::vector<struct payload> >::iterator portPayloadIterator;
-  std::vector<struct payload> portPayloadVector;
   std::vector<struct payload>::iterator portPayloadVectorIterator;
   proto_dport key(IPPROTO_UDP, dport);
   int portPayloadVectorSize;
@@ -323,7 +322,7 @@ const char *udp_port2payload(u16 dport, size_t *length, u8 tryno) {
   portPayloadIterator = portPayloads.find(key);
 
   if (portPayloadIterator != portPayloads.end()) {
-    portPayloadVector = portPayloads.find(key)->second;
+    std::vector<struct payload>& portPayloadVector = portPayloads.find(key)->second;
     portPayloadVectorSize = portPayloadVector.size();
 
     tryno %= portPayloadVectorSize;