diff --git a/drivers/block/ps3disk.c b/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
index 78e9ea73a31a..d797e209951d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
@@ -405,7 +405,6 @@ static void ps3disk_prepare_flush(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 
 	dev_dbg(&dev->sbd.core, "%s:%u\n", __func__, __LINE__);
 
-	memset(req->cmd, 0, sizeof(req->cmd));
 	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_FLUSH;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 3cea17dd5dba..01cefbb2d539 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -860,7 +860,6 @@ static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
 
 static void sd_prepare_flush(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	memset(rq->cmd, 0, sizeof(rq->cmd));
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
 	rq->timeout = SD_TIMEOUT;
 	rq->cmd[0] = SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE;