diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index e5894a7..d28d76d 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -875,10 +875,6 @@ static void hid_output_field(struct hid_field *field, __u8 *data)
 	unsigned size = field->report_size;
 	unsigned n;
 
-	/* make sure the unused bits in the last byte are zeros */
-	if (count > 0 && size > 0)
-		data[(offset+count*size-1)/8] = 0;
-
 	for (n = 0; n < count; n++) {
 		if (field->logical_minimum < 0)	/* signed values */
 			implement(data, offset + n * size, size, s32ton(field->value[n], size));