diff --git a/lib/krb5/scache.c b/lib/krb5/scache.c
index fe4a9d0bc..029f572b6 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/scache.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/scache.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ scc_gen_new(krb5_context context, krb5_ccache *id)
 	krb5_set_error_string (context, "malloc: out of memory");
 	return KRB5_CC_NOMEM;
     }
-    s->cid = ++foo;
+    s->cid = 0;
 
     (*id)->data.data = s;
     (*id)->data.length = sizeof(*s);