diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
index 7317f1b4ab152c4cacefc66fd8e6e7a7dec9caaf..51b97f07aca3fbc4a2ae00a776d55f7c08ae7bbb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
@@ -512,11 +512,6 @@ static int __format_metadata(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 
 	__setup_btree_details(pmd);
 
-	pmd->root = 0;
-	pmd->details_root = 0;
-	pmd->trans_id = 0;
-	pmd->flags = 0;
-
 	r = dm_btree_empty(&pmd->info, &pmd->root);
 	if (r < 0)
 		goto bad_data_sm;