diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/init.c b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
index 4e40d5e96be9..110308bdef01 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
@@ -331,9 +331,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 	/* Set this up early, so we can take care of the zero page */
 	cpu_cache_init();
 
-	/* clear the zero-page */
-	__flush_wback_region(empty_zero_page, PAGE_SIZE);
-
 	vsyscall_init();
 
 	pr_info("virtual kernel memory layout:\n"