diff --git a/net/wireless/sme.c b/net/wireless/sme.c
index 89b81d4c1095..a260cd60a7b9 100644
--- a/net/wireless/sme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/sme.c
@@ -1252,8 +1252,6 @@ int cfg80211_connect(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 		connect->key = NULL;
 		connect->key_len = 0;
 		connect->key_idx = 0;
-		connect->crypto.cipher_group = 0;
-		connect->crypto.n_ciphers_pairwise = 0;
 	}
 
 	wdev->connect_keys = connkeys;