diff --git a/src/lib/empthread/ntthread.c b/src/lib/empthread/ntthread.c
index 85c193ad..b2089081 100644
--- a/src/lib/empthread/ntthread.c
+++ b/src/lib/empthread/ntthread.c
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ loc_FreeThreadInfo(empth_t *pThread)
 	    CloseHandle(pThread->hThreadEvent);
 	if (pThread->szName != NULL)
 	    free(pThread->szName);
-	memset(pThread, 0, sizeof(*pThread));
 	free(pThread);
     }
 }