diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index 9e80d61e5a3aa0f62e0dbc6d9aeae8632d81935c..2eb97d7e8d122e21f7d3128270846754b4561313 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -2595,8 +2595,6 @@ static int qlt_handle_cmd_for_atio(struct scsi_qla_host *vha,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cmd->cmd_list);
-
 	memcpy(&cmd->atio, atio, sizeof(*atio));
 	cmd->state = QLA_TGT_STATE_NEW;
 	cmd->tgt = vha->vha_tgt.qla_tgt;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.h
index 1d10eecad499a3598dc3bbd1dc566416d210c54a..66e755cdde573c47e902b1f45e0ac65b18d772bd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.h
@@ -855,7 +855,6 @@ struct qla_tgt_cmd {
 	uint16_t loop_id;	/* to save extra sess dereferences */
 	struct qla_tgt *tgt;	/* to save extra sess dereferences */
 	struct scsi_qla_host *vha;
-	struct list_head cmd_list;
 
 	struct atio_from_isp atio;
 };