diff --git a/contrib/opie/libopie/challenge.c b/contrib/opie/libopie/challenge.c
index 0f3fec55cf22..b93171492b8d 100644
--- a/contrib/opie/libopie/challenge.c
+++ b/contrib/opie/libopie/challenge.c
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ License Agreement applies to this software.
 		syslog. Add sha plumbing.
 	Modified by cmetz for OPIE 2.2. Use FUNCTION declaration et al.
         Created at NRL for OPIE 2.2 from opiesubr2.c
+
+$FreeBSD$
+
 */
 #include "opie_cfg.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -52,8 +55,6 @@ int opiechallenge FUNCTION((mp, name, ss), struct opie *mp AND char *name AND ch
 {
   int rval = -1;
 
-  memset(mp, 0, sizeof(*mp));
-
   rval = opielookup(mp, name);
 #if DEBUG
   if (rval) syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "opiechallenge: opielookup(mp, name=%s) returned %d", name, rval);