diff --git a/target/s390x/tcg/vec_helper.c b/target/s390x/tcg/vec_helper.c
index ededf13cf0..48d86722b2 100644
--- a/target/s390x/tcg/vec_helper.c
+++ b/target/s390x/tcg/vec_helper.c
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ void HELPER(vstl)(CPUS390XState *env, const void *v1, uint64_t addr,
         addr = wrap_address(env, addr + 8);
         cpu_stq_data_ra(env, addr, s390_vec_read_element64(v1, 1), GETPC());
     } else {
-        S390Vector tmp = {};
         int i;
 
         for (i = 0; i < bytes; i++) {
@@ -209,6 +208,5 @@ void HELPER(vstl)(CPUS390XState *env, const void *v1, uint64_t addr,
             cpu_stb_data_ra(env, addr, byte, GETPC());
             addr = wrap_address(env, addr + 1);
         }
-        *(S390Vector *)v1 = tmp;
     }
 }