diff --git a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c
index 5322c81cc702..ffe9be04dc39 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ csio_append_attrib(uint8_t **ptr, uint16_t type, uint8_t *val, uint16_t len)
 	len += 4;		/* includes attribute type and length */
 	len = (len + 3) & ~3;	/* should be multiple of 4 bytes */
 	ae->len = htons(len);
-	memset(ae->value, 0, len - 4);
 	memcpy(ae->value, val, len);
 	*ptr += len;
 }