diff --git a/toys/posix/ls.c b/toys/posix/ls.c
index 01a64c2dd..d9cd90bd7 100644
--- a/toys/posix/ls.c
+++ b/toys/posix/ls.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static void listfiles(int dirfd, struct dirtree *indir)
   }
 
   memset(totals, 0, sizeof(totals));
-  if (CFG_TOYBOX_DEBUG) memset(len, 0, sizeof(len));
+  memset(len, 0, sizeof(len));
 
   // Top level directory was already populated by main()
   if (!indir->parent) {