diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index ef50068def8896e6e21b8c4a24f44bcc516c7b47..855ce8e5efbaf3aadca40a5f2405b026b751541f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -2524,7 +2524,6 @@ static inline void complete_command(ctlr_info_t *h, CommandList_struct *cmd,
 		resend_cciss_cmd(h, cmd);
 		return;
 	}
-	cmd->rq->data_len = 0;
 	cmd->rq->completion_data = cmd;
 	blk_complete_request(cmd->rq);
 }