diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
index a01f4b5d793c..9ba74ab7e912 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
@@ -1886,10 +1886,6 @@ static int sdma_init(struct sdma_engine *sdma)
 	sdma->context_phys = ccb_phys +
 		MAX_DMA_CHANNELS * sizeof (struct sdma_channel_control);
 
-	/* Zero-out the CCB structures array just allocated */
-	memset(sdma->channel_control, 0,
-			MAX_DMA_CHANNELS * sizeof (struct sdma_channel_control));
-
 	/* disable all channels */
 	for (i = 0; i < sdma->drvdata->num_events; i++)
 		writel_relaxed(0, sdma->regs + chnenbl_ofs(sdma, i));