diff --git a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla2x00-target/scst_qla2xxx.c b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla2x00-target/scst_qla2xxx.c
index 5bb75e321..a0f1e1771 100644
--- a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla2x00-target/scst_qla2xxx.c
+++ b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla2x00-target/scst_qla2xxx.c
@@ -507,9 +507,7 @@ static void sqa_qla2xxx_handle_data(struct qla_tgt_cmd *cmd)
 	TRACE_ENTRY();
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cmd->cmd_lock, flags);
-	cmd->data_work =1;
 	if (cmd->aborted) {
-		cmd->data_work_free = 1;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cmd->cmd_lock, flags);
 
 		scst_set_cmd_error(scst_cmd,
@@ -1477,8 +1475,6 @@ static int sqa_target_release(struct scst_tgt *scst_tgt)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define DATA_WORK_NOT_FREE(_cmd) (_cmd->data_work && !_cmd->data_work_free)
-
 static int sqa_xmit_response(struct scst_cmd *scst_cmd)
 {
 	int xmit_type = QLA_TGT_XMIT_DATA, res, residual=0;
diff --git a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_target.h b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_target.h
index 18813c8f4..cee4e9cb5 100644
--- a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_target.h
+++ b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_target.h
@@ -930,8 +930,6 @@ struct qla_tgt_cmd {
 	unsigned int cmd_sent_to_fw:1;
 	unsigned int cmd_in_wq:1;
 	unsigned int aborted:1;
-	unsigned int data_work:1;
-	unsigned int data_work_free:1;
 	unsigned int released:1;
 
 	struct scatterlist *sg;	/* cmd data buffer SG vector */