diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/spider_net.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/spider_net.c
index 94267e1f5d30..07389702a540 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/spider_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/spider_net.c
@@ -314,8 +314,6 @@ spider_net_init_chain(struct spider_net_card *card,
 	if (!chain->hwring)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memset(chain->ring, 0, chain->num_desc * sizeof(struct spider_net_descr));
-
 	/* Set up the hardware pointers in each descriptor */
 	descr = chain->ring;
 	hwdescr = chain->hwring;