diff --git a/net/ethtool/features.c b/net/ethtool/features.c
index 1c9f4df273bd..2e7331b23996 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/features.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/features.c
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ static void ethnl_features_to_bitmap(unsigned long *dest, netdev_features_t val)
 	const unsigned int words = BITS_TO_LONGS(NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	bitmap_zero(dest, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
 	for (i = 0; i < words; i++)
 		dest[i] = (unsigned long)(val >> (i * BITS_PER_LONG));
 }