diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index 7051b0dce75890ba0799c8939f99df2f597287b9..582d1663f9711f46213c7a2f44304fab62f985d0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -6343,7 +6343,7 @@ static void qlt_tmr_work(struct qla_tgt *tgt,
 	struct atio_from_isp *a = &prm->tm_iocb2;
 	struct scsi_qla_host *vha = tgt->vha;
 	struct qla_hw_data *ha = vha->hw;
-	struct fc_port *sess = NULL;
+	struct fc_port *sess;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	uint8_t *s_id = NULL; /* to hide compiler warnings */
 	int rc;
@@ -6369,7 +6369,6 @@ static void qlt_tmr_work(struct qla_tgt *tgt,
 			goto out_term2;
 	} else {
 		if (sess->deleted) {
-			sess = NULL;
 			goto out_term2;
 		}
 
@@ -6377,7 +6376,6 @@ static void qlt_tmr_work(struct qla_tgt *tgt,
 			ql_dbg(ql_dbg_tgt_tmr, vha, 0xf020,
 			    "%s: kref_get fail %8phC\n",
 			     __func__, sess->port_name);
-			sess = NULL;
 			goto out_term2;
 		}
 	}
@@ -6396,8 +6394,6 @@ static void qlt_tmr_work(struct qla_tgt *tgt,
 	return;
 
 out_term2:
-	if (sess)
-		ha->tgt.tgt_ops->put_sess(sess);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->tgt.sess_lock, flags);
 out_term:
 	qlt_send_term_exchange(ha->base_qpair, NULL, &prm->tm_iocb2, 1, 0);