diff --git a/ipc/msgutil.c b/ipc/msgutil.c
index ebfcbfa8b7f25a4193dcfd196963e4b87428a6e6..5df8e4bf1db00debfedc37a3487cfddc612126ad 100644
--- a/ipc/msgutil.c
+++ b/ipc/msgutil.c
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ struct msg_msg *copy_msg(struct msg_msg *src, struct msg_msg *dst)
 	if (alen > DATALEN_MSG)
 		alen = DATALEN_MSG;
 
-	dst->next = NULL;
-	dst->security = NULL;
-
 	memcpy(dst + 1, src + 1, alen);
 
 	len -= alen;