diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tuple.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tuple.h
index 1bb7087833d3..a6874ba22d54 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tuple.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tuple.h
@@ -107,16 +107,6 @@ struct nf_conntrack_tuple_mask
 	} src;
 };
 
-/* This is optimized opposed to a memset of the whole structure.  Everything we
- * really care about is the  source/destination unions */
-#define NF_CT_TUPLE_U_BLANK(tuple)                              	\
-        do {                                                    	\
-                (tuple)->src.u.all = 0;                         	\
-                (tuple)->dst.u.all = 0;                         	\
-		memset(&(tuple)->src.u3, 0, sizeof((tuple)->src.u3));	\
-		memset(&(tuple)->dst.u3, 0, sizeof((tuple)->dst.u3));	\
-        } while (0)
-
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 static inline void nf_ct_dump_tuple_ip(const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *t)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
index cacb9cb27dab..5a955c440364 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ getorigdst(struct sock *sk, int optval, void __user *user, int *len)
 	const struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *h;
 	struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple;
 
-	NF_CT_TUPLE_U_BLANK(&tuple);
+	memset(&tuple, 0, sizeof(tuple));
 	tuple.src.u3.ip = inet->rcv_saddr;
 	tuple.src.u.tcp.port = inet->sport;
 	tuple.dst.u3.ip = inet->daddr;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 4eac65c74ed0..c4b1799da5d7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ nf_ct_get_tuple(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 		const struct nf_conntrack_l3proto *l3proto,
 		const struct nf_conntrack_l4proto *l4proto)
 {
-	NF_CT_TUPLE_U_BLANK(tuple);
+	memset(tuple, 0, sizeof(*tuple));
 
 	tuple->src.l3num = l3num;
 	if (l3proto->pkt_to_tuple(skb, nhoff, tuple) == 0)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ nf_ct_invert_tuple(struct nf_conntrack_tuple *inverse,
 		   const struct nf_conntrack_l3proto *l3proto,
 		   const struct nf_conntrack_l4proto *l4proto)
 {
-	NF_CT_TUPLE_U_BLANK(inverse);
+	memset(inverse, 0, sizeof(*inverse));
 
 	inverse->src.l3num = orig->src.l3num;
 	if (l3proto->invert_tuple(inverse, orig) == 0)