diff --git a/src/cpp/common/channel_filter.cc b/src/cpp/common/channel_filter.cc
index 422e7bb65ee..8df6c7b98f5 100644
--- a/src/cpp/common/channel_filter.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/common/channel_filter.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ namespace grpc {
 grpc_linked_mdelem* MetadataBatch::AddMetadata(const string& key,
                                                const string& value) {
   grpc_linked_mdelem* storage = new grpc_linked_mdelem;
-  memset(storage, 0, sizeof(grpc_linked_mdelem));
   storage->md = grpc_mdelem_from_slices(SliceFromCopiedString(key),
                                         SliceFromCopiedString(value));
   GRPC_LOG_IF_ERROR("MetadataBatch::AddMetadata",