diff --git a/sys/dev/sfxge/sfxge_rx.c b/sys/dev/sfxge/sfxge_rx.c
index e4c74bea5a7b..e73dc7d474fa 100644
--- a/sys/dev/sfxge/sfxge_rx.c
+++ b/sys/dev/sfxge/sfxge_rx.c
@@ -1113,7 +1113,6 @@ sfxge_rx_qinit(struct sfxge_softc *sc, unsigned int index)
 	/* Allocate and zero DMA space. */
 	if ((rc = sfxge_dma_alloc(sc, EFX_RXQ_SIZE(sc->rxq_entries), esmp)) != 0)
 		return (rc);
-	(void)memset(esmp->esm_base, 0, EFX_RXQ_SIZE(sc->rxq_entries));
 
 	/* Allocate buffer table entries. */
 	sfxge_sram_buf_tbl_alloc(sc, EFX_RXQ_NBUFS(sc->rxq_entries),
diff --git a/sys/dev/sfxge/sfxge_tx.c b/sys/dev/sfxge/sfxge_tx.c
index 6d5146825784..13a83f83079e 100644
--- a/sys/dev/sfxge/sfxge_tx.c
+++ b/sys/dev/sfxge/sfxge_tx.c
@@ -1400,7 +1400,6 @@ sfxge_tx_qinit(struct sfxge_softc *sc, unsigned int txq_index,
 	/* Allocate and zero DMA space for the descriptor ring. */
 	if ((rc = sfxge_dma_alloc(sc, EFX_TXQ_SIZE(sc->txq_entries), esmp)) != 0)
 		return (rc);
-	(void)memset(esmp->esm_base, 0, EFX_TXQ_SIZE(sc->txq_entries));
 
 	/* Allocate buffer table entries. */
 	sfxge_sram_buf_tbl_alloc(sc, EFX_TXQ_NBUFS(sc->txq_entries),