diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 96ce489c7c5f04..e61af3a3d4d044 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1944,8 +1944,6 @@ static struct cache_entry *create_from_disk(struct mem_pool *ce_mem_pool,
 	ce->ce_namelen = len;
 	ce->index = 0;
 	oidread(&ce->oid, ondisk->data);
-	memcpy(ce->name, name, len);
-	ce->name[len] = '\0';
 
 	if (expand_name_field) {
 		if (copy_len)