diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index b0f553b26d0f..ca83f96756ad 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -5205,7 +5205,6 @@ static void cciss_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		return;
 	}
 	/* write all data in the battery backed cache to disk */
-	memset(flush_buf, 0, 4);
 	return_code = sendcmd_withirq(h, CCISS_CACHE_FLUSH, flush_buf,
 		4, 0, CTLR_LUNID, TYPE_CMD);
 	kfree(flush_buf);