diff --git a/sys/dev/firewire/if_fwip.c b/sys/dev/firewire/if_fwip.c
index 9fcfac65a09c..20916bc74300 100644
--- a/sys/dev/firewire/if_fwip.c
+++ b/sys/dev/firewire/if_fwip.c
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ fwip_attach(device_t dev)
 	if (ifp == NULL)
 		return (ENOSPC);
 
-	bzero(fwip, sizeof(struct fwip_softc));
 	/* XXX */
 	fwip->dma_ch = -1;