diff --git a/src/video/winrt/SDL_winrtvideo.cpp b/src/video/winrt/SDL_winrtvideo.cpp
index 03a11adb6..4a936df24 100644
--- a/src/video/winrt/SDL_winrtvideo.cpp
+++ b/src/video/winrt/SDL_winrtvideo.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ WINRT_CreateDevice(int devindex)
         SDL_free(device);
         return (0);
     }
-    SDL_zerop(data);
     device->driverdata = data;
 
     /* Set the function pointers */