diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 94c5b323db3cb2551f8bc9bb8a848abd4836efdb..ae40addd4ce008b0ee313786b13bbb6d9011c1c2 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -1952,11 +1952,7 @@ static int transport_release_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 	 * If this cmd has been setup with target_get_sess_cmd(), drop
 	 * the kref and call ->release_cmd() in kref callback.
 	 */
-	 if (cmd->check_release != 0)
-		return target_put_sess_cmd(cmd->se_sess, cmd);
-
-	cmd->se_tfo->release_cmd(cmd);
-	return 1;
+	return target_put_sess_cmd(cmd->se_sess, cmd);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2175,8 +2171,6 @@ int target_get_sess_cmd(struct se_session *se_sess, struct se_cmd *se_cmd,
 		goto out;
 	}
 	list_add_tail(&se_cmd->se_cmd_list, &se_sess->sess_cmd_list);
-	se_cmd->check_release = 1;
-
 out:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index 891ea1f81832b2535bf2f517d8da0f52f485e7d2..9fd7a60f47f067e04dd5ae0563329e9e57e79843 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -420,8 +420,6 @@ struct se_cmd {
 	int			sam_task_attr;
 	/* Transport protocol dependent state, see transport_state_table */
 	enum transport_state_table t_state;
-	/* Used to signal cmd->se_tfo->check_release_cmd() usage per cmd */
-	unsigned		check_release:1;
 	unsigned		cmd_wait_set:1;
 	unsigned		unknown_data_length:1;
 	/* See se_cmd_flags_table */