diff --git a/scst/src/scst_lib.c b/scst/src/scst_lib.c
index 45c9d48ef..df3b9558a 100644
--- a/scst/src/scst_lib.c
+++ b/scst/src/scst_lib.c
@@ -2486,7 +2486,7 @@ static void scst_check_reassign_sess(struct scst_session *sess)
 		acg->acg_name);
 
 	old_acg = sess->acg;
-	sess->acg = NULL; /* to catch implicit dependencies earlier */
+	sess->acg = acg;
 
 retry_add:
 	add_failed = false;
@@ -2559,8 +2559,6 @@ next:
 		goto retry_add;
 	}
 
-	sess->acg = acg;
-
 	TRACE_DBG("Moving sess %p from acg %s to acg %s", sess,
 		old_acg->acg_name, acg->acg_name);
 	list_move_tail(&sess->acg_sess_list_entry, &acg->acg_sess_list);