diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c
index 53a835b37fa9..4aae441211bd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c
@@ -5259,7 +5259,6 @@ _base_allocate_memory_pools(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 		_base_release_memory_pools(ioc);
 		goto retry_allocation;
 	}
-	memset(ioc->request, 0, sz);
 
 	if (retry_sz)
 		ioc_err(ioc, "request pool: dma_alloc_coherent succeed: hba_depth(%d), chains_per_io(%d), frame_sz(%d), total(%d kb)\n",