diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
index ba78c08a17f1..c4efec277255 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
@@ -1010,7 +1010,6 @@ int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc, struct device *dev, int io_type,
 		}
 
 		vif = netdev_priv(ndev);
-		memset(vif, 0, sizeof(struct wilc_vif));
 
 		if (i == 0) {
 			strcpy(ndev->name, "wlan%d");