diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 4147fe4bf41d12adeb0a08eeb1a2ee39fdc7203f..d6f27ed9ba6c42582710b24506fb345c7189e88f 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ static struct inode *sock_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	ei->socket.ops = NULL;
 	ei->socket.sk = NULL;
 	ei->socket.file = NULL;
-	ei->socket.flags = 0;
 
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }