diff --git a/drivers/target/loopback/tcm_loop.c b/drivers/target/loopback/tcm_loop.c
index 4c8a97711291777d6b671bb293a97aad87372f92..b2e7ff50ff61c879558029366abd21b633d37864 100644
--- a/drivers/target/loopback/tcm_loop.c
+++ b/drivers/target/loopback/tcm_loop.c
@@ -239,10 +239,7 @@ static int tcm_loop_issue_tmr(struct tcm_loop_tpg *tl_tpg,
 	return ret;
 
 release:
-	if (se_cmd)
-		transport_generic_free_cmd(se_cmd, 0);
-	else
-		kmem_cache_free(tcm_loop_cmd_cache, tl_cmd);
+	kmem_cache_free(tcm_loop_cmd_cache, tl_cmd);
 	goto out;
 }