diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
index f690918f7817b15543042319489fa9827e6a68e6..302ba7a63bd2d0289b465bee4a8a21d0fed80d26 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ static ssize_t mei_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 		}
 	}
 
-	*offset = 0;
 	cb = mei_cl_alloc_cb(cl, length, MEI_FOP_WRITE, file);
 	if (!cb) {
 		rets = -ENOMEM;