diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethsw/ethsw-ethtool.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethsw/ethsw-ethtool.c
index 12e33a3a1bf1..0f9f8345e534 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethsw/ethsw-ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethsw/ethsw-ethtool.c
@@ -149,9 +149,6 @@ static void ethsw_ethtool_get_stats(struct net_device *netdev,
 	struct ethsw_port_priv *port_priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	int i, err;
 
-	memset(data, 0,
-	       sizeof(u64) * ETHSW_NUM_COUNTERS);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < ETHSW_NUM_COUNTERS; i++) {
 		err = dpsw_if_get_counter(port_priv->ethsw_data->mc_io, 0,
 					  port_priv->ethsw_data->dpsw_handle,