diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 12b21e3c9..7dfff496c 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1107,13 +1107,13 @@ void CheckOther::checkMemsetZeroBytes()
             if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "memset (") && (numberOfArguments(tok)==3)) {
                 const Token* lastParamTok = tok->next()->link()->previous();
                 if (lastParamTok->str() == "0")
-                    memsetZeroBytesError(tok, tok->strAt(2));
+                    memsetZeroBytesError(tok);
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
-void CheckOther::memsetZeroBytesError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname)
+void CheckOther::memsetZeroBytesError(const Token *tok)
 {
     const std::string summary("memset() called to fill 0 bytes.");
     const std::string verbose(summary + " The second and third arguments might be inverted."
diff --git a/lib/checkother.h b/lib/checkother.h
index 9ee5e5778..db8d0666a 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.h
+++ b/lib/checkother.h
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ private:
     void suspiciousEqualityComparisonError(const Token* tok);
     void selfAssignmentError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname);
     void misusedScopeObjectError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname);
-    void memsetZeroBytesError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname);
+    void memsetZeroBytesError(const Token *tok);
     void memsetFloatError(const Token *tok, const std::string &var_value);
     void memsetValueOutOfRangeError(const Token *tok, const std::string &value);
     void duplicateBranchError(const Token *tok1, const Token *tok2);
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ private:
         c.suspiciousCaseInSwitchError(0, "||");
         c.suspiciousEqualityComparisonError(0);
         c.selfAssignmentError(0, "varname");
-        c.memsetZeroBytesError(0, "varname");
+        c.memsetZeroBytesError(0);
         c.memsetFloatError(0, "varname");
         c.memsetValueOutOfRangeError(0, "varname");
         c.clarifyCalculationError(0, "+");