diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index db1201e..40a766c 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&logbuf_lock, flags);
 	log_buf_len = new_log_buf_len;
 	log_buf = new_log_buf;
-	new_log_buf_len = 0;
 	free = __LOG_BUF_LEN - log_end;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOOTLOG_COPY