diff --git a/src/space.c b/src/space.c
index c3d079bf621dec9e9945f005d1abee8f716ac7bd..11fc5c9422103895d5f0cbf7799864a981547090 100644
--- a/src/space.c
+++ b/src/space.c
@@ -2311,7 +2311,6 @@ void space_getcells(struct space *s, int nr_cells, struct cell **cells) {
       if (cells[j]->sort[k] != NULL) free(cells[j]->sort[k]);
     struct gravity_tensors *temp = cells[j]->multipole;
     bzero(cells[j], sizeof(struct cell));
-    bzero(temp, sizeof(struct gravity_tensors));
     cells[j]->multipole = temp;
     cells[j]->nodeID = -1;
     if (lock_init(&cells[j]->lock) != 0 || lock_init(&cells[j]->glock) != 0 ||