diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c
index 256c67b433c1957dcb863d318f1def5d6907b318..11fb38f4d70d32e2b819b5b097bf8f8c8ccb6c3f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ static int rpcrdma_bc_setup_rqst(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
 	req = rpcrdma_create_req(r_xprt);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
-	__set_bit(RPCRDMA_REQ_F_BACKCHANNEL, &req->rl_flags);
 
 	rb = rpcrdma_alloc_regbuf(RPCRDMA_HDRBUF_SIZE,
 				  DMA_TO_DEVICE, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
index d77dee5a2748751a69b18f2a5c5a91aed448022e..d0cd6d411b64d2070c0a1d2b6740a01a7e895fed 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
@@ -686,9 +686,6 @@ xprt_rdma_free(struct rpc_task *task)
 	struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt = rpcx_to_rdmax(rqst->rq_xprt);
 	struct rpcrdma_req *req = rpcr_to_rdmar(rqst);
 
-	if (test_bit(RPCRDMA_REQ_F_BACKCHANNEL, &req->rl_flags))
-		return;
-
 	dprintk("RPC:       %s: called on 0x%p\n", __func__, req->rl_reply);
 
 	if (test_bit(RPCRDMA_REQ_F_PENDING, &req->rl_flags))
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index 7c09e2ae25423d923d9d6bc27e4c669968d8880f..ed7e51304bc276e2041dec69adf19662b0ba0929 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -354,8 +354,7 @@ struct rpcrdma_req {
 
 /* rl_flags */
 enum {
-	RPCRDMA_REQ_F_BACKCHANNEL = 0,
-	RPCRDMA_REQ_F_PENDING,
+	RPCRDMA_REQ_F_PENDING = 0,
 	RPCRDMA_REQ_F_TX_RESOURCES,
 };