1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
index cf4a92436aa8..acba90f1638e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ static int __devinit ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_
 {
         int rc, i;
         struct net_device *netdev;
-        struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter = NULL;
+        struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter;
 
         unsigned char *mac_addr_p;
         unsigned int *mcastFilterSize_p;
@@ -997,7 +997,6 @@ static int __devinit ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_
         SET_MODULE_OWNER(netdev);
 
         adapter = netdev->priv;
-        memset(adapter, 0, sizeof(adapter));
         dev->dev.driver_data = netdev;
 
         adapter->vdev = dev;