diff --git a/src/util/virsysinfo.c b/src/util/virsysinfo.c
index 855580d446..e8d3371912 100644
--- a/src/util/virsysinfo.c
+++ b/src/util/virsysinfo.c
@@ -597,8 +597,6 @@ virSysinfoReadS390(void)
         goto no_memory;
     }
 
-    ret->nprocessor = 0;
-    ret->processor = NULL;
     if (virSysinfoParseS390Processor(outbuf, ret) < 0)
         goto no_memory;