diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.c
index 2e7b5ca58ea9..98570b3e5d94 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.c
@@ -339,8 +339,6 @@ int kiblnd_create_peer(lnet_ni_t *ni, kib_peer_t **peerp, lnet_nid_t nid)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	memset(peer, 0, sizeof(*peer));	 /* zero flags etc */
-
 	peer->ibp_ni = ni;
 	peer->ibp_nid = nid;
 	peer->ibp_error = 0;