diff --git a/openair2/UTIL/ASYNC_IF/socket_link.c b/openair2/UTIL/ASYNC_IF/socket_link.c
index ad016cf2cc..8779e49fe0 100644
--- a/openair2/UTIL/ASYNC_IF/socket_link.c
+++ b/openair2/UTIL/ASYNC_IF/socket_link.c
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ socket_link_t *new_link_client(const char *server, int port)
   struct sockaddr_in addr;
   int no_delay;
 
-  memset(&addr,0,sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
   ret = calloc(1, sizeof(socket_link_t));
   if (ret == NULL) {
     LOG_E(MAC, "%s:%d: out of memory\n", __FILE__, __LINE__);