diff --git a/fs/nfsd/trace.h b/fs/nfsd/trace.h
index e7a269291a731..f3961506fe16c 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/trace.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/trace.h
@@ -408,7 +408,6 @@ TRACE_EVENT(nfsd_dirent,
 		__entry->ino = ino;
 		__entry->len = namlen;
 		memcpy(__get_str(name), name, namlen);
-		__assign_str(name, name);
 	),
 	TP_printk("fh_hash=0x%08x ino=%llu name=%.*s",
 		__entry->fh_hash, __entry->ino,