diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index 152971243ad84eb0bd1a4d08f59df3020b793675..55c69d3d2ce38f4531435755766a23ccf137bb66 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -528,7 +528,6 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
 		 * Before we come here, old entry is removed.
 		 * We just write new entry.
 		 */
-		memset(last, 0, newsize);
 		last->e_name_index = index;
 		last->e_name_len = len;
 		memcpy(last->e_name, name, len);