diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c
index fc280ce5..2faf6b2e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
 
 				pibss = padapter->registrypriv.dev_network.MacAddress;
 
-				memset(&pdev_network->Ssid, 0, sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_ssid));
 				memcpy(&pdev_network->Ssid, &pmlmepriv->assoc_ssid, sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_ssid));
 
 				rtw_update_registrypriv_dev_network(padapter);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
index bbebe67..b4e8504 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -674,7 +674,6 @@
 
 					RT_TRACE(_module_rtl871x_mlme_c_, _drv_err_, ("switching to adhoc master\n"));
 
-					memset(&pdev_network->Ssid, 0, sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_ssid));
 					memcpy(&pdev_network->Ssid, &pmlmepriv->assoc_ssid, sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_ssid));
 
 					rtw_update_registrypriv_dev_network(adapter);
@@ -1334,7 +1333,6 @@
 
 			memcpy(pdev_network, &tgt_network->network, get_wlan_bssid_ex_sz(&tgt_network->network));
 
-			memset(&pdev_network->Ssid, 0, sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_ssid));
 			memcpy(&pdev_network->Ssid, &pmlmepriv->assoc_ssid, sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_ssid));
 
 			rtw_update_registrypriv_dev_network(adapter);