diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_verbs.c
index b9d6aa102aa55b52b083fa2407fd91751c85bbdd..ed7c9013541285a3c24ec3bf3fae53098f9616f6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_verbs.c
@@ -346,8 +346,6 @@ static void iser_conn_release(struct iser_conn *ib_conn)
 	/* on EVENT_ADDR_ERROR there's no device yet for this conn */
 	if (device != NULL)
 		iser_device_try_release(device);
-	if (ib_conn->iser_conn)
-		ib_conn->iser_conn->ib_conn = NULL;
 	iscsi_destroy_endpoint(ib_conn->ep);
 }