1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 8c2650e2b..3a3b7f143 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -691,13 +691,11 @@ extern int readTarFile(int tarFd, int extractFlag, int listFlag,
                                 struct tm *tm = localtime (&(header.mtime));
 
                                 len=printf("%s ", mode_string(header.mode));
-                                memset(buf, 0, 8*sizeof(char));
                                 my_getpwuid(buf, header.uid);
                                 if (! *buf)
                                         len+=printf("%d", header.uid);
                                 else
                                         len+=printf("%s", buf);
-                                memset(buf, 0, 8*sizeof(char));
                                 my_getgrgid(buf, header.gid);
                                 if (! *buf)
                                         len+=printf("/%-d ", header.gid);