diff --git a/src/util/virsysinfo.c b/src/util/virsysinfo.c
index 855580d446b4f1125eb1a12835a7bee57f1cc0bb..e8d337191244b4e6e4387addc08c636917f6deb4 100644
--- a/src/util/virsysinfo.c
+++ b/src/util/virsysinfo.c
@@ -597,8 +597,6 @@ virSysinfoReadS390(void)
         goto no_memory;
     }
 
-    ret->nprocessor = 0;
-    ret->processor = NULL;
     if (virSysinfoParseS390Processor(outbuf, ret) < 0)
         goto no_memory;