diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index dcbf9d35928b..ee7646f974a0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ static int multipath_make_request (struct request_queue *q, struct bio * bio)
 	}
 
 	mp_bh = mempool_alloc(conf->pool, GFP_NOIO);
-	memset(mp_bh, 0, sizeof(*mp_bh));
 
 	mp_bh->master_bio = bio;
 	mp_bh->mddev = mddev;