diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index 77759c78cc21167cb93c002f6f951efeb4cab0db..87b5a330e0bfdbb15cfe65dd5e41209c9cb4f2a9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -2644,7 +2644,7 @@ static void qlt_do_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	sess = ha->tgt.tgt_ops->find_sess_by_s_id(vha,
 	    atio->u.isp24.fcp_hdr.s_id);
 	if (sess) {
-		if (unlikely(sess->tearing_down)) {
+		if (unlikely(sess->se_sess->sess_tearing_down)) {
 			sess = NULL;
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 			goto out_term;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.h
index 2953db8b9da06e3f0f7ee0b451a1c518357624ab..170af1571214095fe82db73fa52f520c16a8197b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.h
@@ -813,7 +813,6 @@ struct qla_tgt_sess {
 	unsigned int conf_compl_supported:1;
 	unsigned int deleted:1;
 	unsigned int local:1;
-	unsigned int tearing_down:1;
 
 	struct se_session *se_sess;
 	struct scsi_qla_host *vha;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/tcm_qla2xxx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/tcm_qla2xxx.c
index d85a81776a7873ca93165d4b47353af05024df14..e131d689e57353e6325a74253e5fd7ebe98c92d6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/tcm_qla2xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/tcm_qla2xxx.c
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@ static int tcm_qla2xxx_shutdown_session(struct se_session *se_sess)
 	vha = sess->vha;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vha->hw->hardware_lock, flags);
-	sess->tearing_down = 1;
 	target_splice_sess_cmd_list(se_sess);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vha->hw->hardware_lock, flags);