diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index eb760d8acd50..30544ce8e9f7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -2153,11 +2153,9 @@ int ocfs2_empty_dir(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct ocfs2_empty_dir_priv priv = {
-		.ctx.actor = ocfs2_empty_dir_filldir
+		.ctx.actor = ocfs2_empty_dir_filldir,
 	};
 
-	memset(&priv, 0, sizeof(priv));
-
 	if (ocfs2_dir_indexed(inode)) {
 		ret = ocfs2_empty_dir_dx(inode, &priv);
 		if (ret)