diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index 77bf11a86c7d27ffde2d0cf3545d0110937a5a02..3f285dce9347191537b8d13f8db53f869d4744ad 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ static int __find_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *old,
 	struct resource *this = root->child;
 	struct resource tmp = *new, avail, alloc;
 
-	tmp.flags = new->flags;
 	tmp.start = root->start;
 	/*
 	 * Skip past an allocated resource that starts at 0, since the assignment