diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 8da5969225827af8bd894e43ef40065f4ffd3983..009934bcb51513300ee553cb193995df7378b69e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -2807,11 +2807,10 @@ static int qlge_init_bq(struct qlge_bq *bq)
 	if (!bq->queue)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memset(bq->queue, 0, QLGE_BQ_LEN * sizeof(struct qlge_bq_desc));
-
 	buf_ptr = bq->base;
 	bq_desc = &bq->queue[0];
 	for (i = 0; i < QLGE_BQ_LEN; i++, buf_ptr++, bq_desc++) {
+		bq_desc->p.skb = NULL;
 		bq_desc->index = i;
 		bq_desc->buf_ptr = buf_ptr;
 	}