diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/sms/BearerData.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/sms/BearerData.java
index 12644c84b4b4e..7a45e150ded0d 100755
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/sms/BearerData.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/sms/BearerData.java
@@ -585,7 +585,6 @@ public final class BearerData {
                     uData.payload = new byte[0];
                     uData.numFields = 0;
                 } else {
-                    uData.payload = uData.payload;
                     uData.numFields = uData.payload.length;
                 }
             } else {