diff --git a/arch/m68k/mm/sun3mmu.c b/arch/m68k/mm/sun3mmu.c
index 6a6513aa1ce8595dad72ec7456091380e4130882..edceefc18870732c1bf906ec0475c56b4c252050 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/mm/sun3mmu.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/mm/sun3mmu.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	wp_works_ok = 0;
 #endif
 	empty_zero_page = alloc_bootmem_pages(PAGE_SIZE);
-	memset(empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	address = PAGE_OFFSET;
 	pg_dir = swapper_pg_dir;