diff --git a/liblog/logd_reader.cpp b/liblog/logd_reader.cpp
index 4e2dc66..d7b893d 100644
--- a/liblog/logd_reader.cpp
+++ b/liblog/logd_reader.cpp
@@ -392,8 +392,6 @@
     return ret;
   }
 
-  memset(log_msg, 0, sizeof(*log_msg));
-
   /* NOTE: SOCK_SEQPACKET guarantees we read exactly one full entry */
   ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(recv(ret, log_msg, LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_LEN, 0));
   if ((logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK) && ret == 0) {