diff --git a/src/util/virresctrl.c b/src/util/virresctrl.c
index ab977b995c4dfd5911ec2474ffc21ddf9ef828ff..9e477fc064ed4f1525baa2a6f630967e378e966d 100644
--- a/src/util/virresctrl.c
+++ b/src/util/virresctrl.c
@@ -2166,10 +2166,8 @@ virResctrlAllocCopyMemBW(virResctrlAllocPtr dst,
         return -1;
 
     for (i = 0; i < src_bw->nbandwidths; i++) {
-        if (dst_bw->bandwidths[i]) {
-            *dst_bw->bandwidths[i] = 123;
+        if (dst_bw->bandwidths[i])
             continue;
-        }
         if (VIR_ALLOC(dst_bw->bandwidths[i]) < 0)
             return -1;
         *dst_bw->bandwidths[i] = *src_bw->bandwidths[i];