diff --git a/sys/vm/uma_core.c b/sys/vm/uma_core.c
index ba5ec807404c..26b4177a1fa4 100644
--- a/sys/vm/uma_core.c
+++ b/sys/vm/uma_core.c
@@ -2470,8 +2470,10 @@ uma_zalloc_arg(uma_zone_t zone, void *udata, int flags)
 	if (bucket != NULL && bucket->ub_cnt > 0) {
 		bucket->ub_cnt--;
 		item = bucket->ub_bucket[bucket->ub_cnt];
+#if 0
 #ifdef INVARIANTS
 		bucket->ub_bucket[bucket->ub_cnt] = NULL;
+#endif
 #endif
 		KASSERT(item != NULL, ("uma_zalloc: Bucket pointer mangled."));
 		cache->uc_allocs++;