diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index b5d7f592e8b8c7089d1ff4fef677f4ef80e5b16e..3381cfc6ce7af53658680631e064668ddb96831a 100644
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -3983,7 +3983,6 @@ static const char *ast_str_encode_mime(struct ast_str **end, ssize_t maxlen, con
 {
 	struct ast_str *tmp = ast_str_alloca(80);
 	int first_section = 1;
-	*end = '\0';
 
 	ast_str_reset(*end);
 	ast_str_set(&tmp, -1, "=?%s?Q?", charset);