diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
index b6806180adf7..2f48f7e831c9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
@@ -3434,7 +3434,6 @@ void *ll_iocontrol_register(llioc_callback_t cb, int count, unsigned int *cmd)
 	if (!in_data)
 		return NULL;
 
-	memset(in_data, 0, sizeof(*in_data));
 	in_data->iocd_size = size;
 	in_data->iocd_cb = cb;
 	in_data->iocd_count = count;