diff --git a/sys/gnu/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs_fs.h b/sys/gnu/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs_fs.h
index e32ae23c2274..1046f29971e2 100644
--- a/sys/gnu/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs_fs.h
+++ b/sys/gnu/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs_fs.h
@@ -1015,17 +1015,8 @@ struct path {
 
 #define	pos_in_item(path)	((path)->pos_in_item)
 
-#if (_MACHINE_ARCH == amd64)
-/* To workaround a bug in gcc. He generates a call to memset() which
- * is a inline function; this causes a compile time error. */
-#define	INITIALIZE_PATH(var)						\
-    struct path var;							\
-    bzero(&var, sizeof(var));						\
-    var.path_length = ILLEGAL_PATH_ELEMENT_OFFSET;
-#else
 #define	INITIALIZE_PATH(var)						\
     struct path var = { ILLEGAL_PATH_ELEMENT_OFFSET, }
-#endif
 
 /* Get path element by path and path position. */
 #define	PATH_OFFSET_PELEMENT(p_s_path, n_offset)			\