diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 33d6f237b2edc8fb4134413d55e58a7d5bb4d7ea..6997d8e6bfb5d70e9dfcc25d391be36ae2799a87 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ static int sock_xmit(struct socket *sock, int send, void *buf, int size,
 		msg.msg_namelen = 0;
 		msg.msg_control = NULL;
 		msg.msg_controllen = 0;
-		msg.msg_namelen = 0;
 		msg.msg_flags = msg_flags | MSG_NOSIGNAL;
 
 		if (send)