diff --git a/client/iface/wgproxy/rawsocket/rawsocket.go b/client/iface/wgproxy/rawsocket/rawsocket.go
index bc785b43a..37aaa160f 100644
--- a/client/iface/wgproxy/rawsocket/rawsocket.go
+++ b/client/iface/wgproxy/rawsocket/rawsocket.go
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
-
-	nbnet "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/net"
 )
 
 // PrepareSenderRawSocketIPv4 creates and configures a raw socket for sending IPv4 packets
@@ -60,14 +58,12 @@ func prepareSenderRawSocket(family int, isIPv4 bool) (net.PacketConn, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("binding to lo interface failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Set the fwmark on the socket.
-	err = nbnet.SetSocketOpt(fd)
-	if err != nil {
-		if closeErr := syscall.Close(fd); closeErr != nil {
-			log.Warnf("failed to close raw socket fd: %v", closeErr)
-		}
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("setting fwmark failed: %w", err)
-	}
+	// The socket is bound to lo and only ever sends to the local WireGuard
+	// instance, a destination the local routing table resolves without help, so
+	// it carries no fwmark. Staying unmarked also keeps these packets out of
+	// third-party NAT rules that match on marks: such a rule rewriting the
+	// source would make WireGuard adopt the rewritten address as the peer
+	// endpoint.
 
 	// Convert the file descriptor to a PacketConn.
 	file := os.NewFile(uintptr(fd), fmt.Sprintf("fd %d", fd))
diff --git a/client/iface/wgproxy/rawsocket/rawsocket_privileged_test.go b/client/iface/wgproxy/rawsocket/rawsocket_privileged_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..584be8cea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/iface/wgproxy/rawsocket/rawsocket_privileged_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+//go:build linux && !android && privileged
+
+package rawsocket
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+
+	nbnet "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/net"
+)
+
+// The sender sockets must stay unmarked: a NAT rule matching on fwmark that
+// rewrites the source of an injected packet makes WireGuard adopt the rewritten
+// address as the peer endpoint.
+func TestSenderRawSocketsCarryNoFwmark(t *testing.T) {
+	// the mark is only ever applied when advanced routing is available, so
+	// without it the assertion below would hold for the wrong reason
+	nbnet.Init()
+	if !nbnet.AdvancedRouting() {
+		t.Skip("advanced routing unsupported, the sockets carry no mark either way")
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		prepare func() (net.PacketConn, error)
+	}{
+		{"IPv4", PrepareSenderRawSocketIPv4},
+		{"IPv6", PrepareSenderRawSocketIPv6},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			conn, err := tc.prepare()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Skipf("prepare raw socket: %v", err)
+			}
+			defer func() {
+				if err := conn.Close(); err != nil {
+					t.Logf("close raw socket: %v", err)
+				}
+			}()
+
+			syscallConn, ok := conn.(syscall.Conn)
+			if !ok {
+				t.Fatalf("raw socket %T does not expose a syscall conn", conn)
+			}
+			raw, err := syscallConn.SyscallConn()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("syscall conn: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			var mark int
+			var markErr error
+			if err := raw.Control(func(fd uintptr) {
+				mark, markErr = unix.GetsockoptInt(int(fd), unix.SOL_SOCKET, unix.SO_MARK)
+			}); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("control: %v", err)
+			}
+			if markErr != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("get SO_MARK: %v", markErr)
+			}
+
+			if mark != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("SO_MARK = %#x, want 0", mark)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}