diff --git a/sys/dev/virtio/scsi/virtio_scsi.c b/sys/dev/virtio/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
index 102758f8ab4..4f8b95dddd1 100644
--- a/sys/dev/virtio/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
+++ b/sys/dev/virtio/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
@@ -1310,8 +1310,7 @@ vtscsi_complete_scsi_cmd_response(struct vtscsi_softc *sc,
 		else
 			csio->sense_resid = 0;
 
-		bzero(&csio->sense_data, sizeof(csio->sense_data));
-		memcpy(cmd_resp->sense, &csio->sense_data,
+		memcpy(&csio->sense_data, cmd_resp->sense,
 		    csio->sense_len - csio->sense_resid);
 	}