diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-message.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-message.c
index 22cb38d9c5..11b050a24d 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-message.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-message.c
@@ -4280,7 +4280,6 @@ _public_ int sd_bus_message_rewind(sd_bus_message *m, int complete) {
         } else {
                 c = message_get_last_container(m);
 
-                c->offset_index = 0;
                 c->index = 0;
                 m->rindex = c->begin;
         }