diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 012ed95c3f40e08e93f864ca08c59ab3e4c5491b..22190003534dbcc28ab027af0b21353fcff13ab9 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -1223,7 +1223,6 @@ void transport_init_se_cmd(
 	init_completion(&cmd->cmd_wait_comp);
 	spin_lock_init(&cmd->t_state_lock);
 	kref_init(&cmd->cmd_kref);
-	cmd->transport_state = CMD_T_DEV_ACTIVE;
 
 	cmd->se_tfo = tfo;
 	cmd->se_sess = se_sess;
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index 7b350fd60cdbe03146dea8f30d781762e332cdd9..d7336f3c6b600a2732bc96db9f1c8c7c2c289f7c 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ struct se_cmd {
 #define CMD_T_COMPLETE		(1 << 2)
 #define CMD_T_SENT		(1 << 4)
 #define CMD_T_STOP		(1 << 5)
-#define CMD_T_DEV_ACTIVE	(1 << 7)
 #define CMD_T_TAS		(1 << 10)
 #define CMD_T_FABRIC_STOP	(1 << 11)
 	spinlock_t		t_state_lock;