diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index cae26cbd59ee..594f4e7e0b9a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -266,14 +266,6 @@ static void nfs_direct_read_completion(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 		struct nfs_page *req = nfs_list_entry(hdr->pages.next);
 		struct page *page = req->wb_page;
 
-		if (test_bit(NFS_IOHDR_EOF, &hdr->flags)) {
-			if (bytes > hdr->good_bytes)
-				zero_user(page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
-			else if (hdr->good_bytes - bytes < PAGE_SIZE)
-				zero_user_segment(page,
-					hdr->good_bytes & ~PAGE_MASK,
-					PAGE_SIZE);
-		}
 		if (!PageCompound(page)) {
 			if (test_bit(NFS_IOHDR_ERROR, &hdr->flags)) {
 				if (bytes < hdr->good_bytes)