diff --git a/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c
index 84c27d69d421e494c2c41359f06dd02eb2c32960..ec0f277be7f5d4162bc4f12f6e84de17025b0935 100644
--- a/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ int nfsacl_encode(struct xdr_buf *buf, unsigned int base, struct inode *inode,
 		 * invoked in contexts where a memory allocation failure is
 		 * fatal.  Fortunately this fake ACL is small enough to
 		 * construct on the stack. */
-		memset(acl2, 0, sizeof(acl2));
 		posix_acl_init(acl2, 4);
 
 		/* Insert entries in canonical order: other orders seem