diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index ea9a3d2e4f5..4de3186dc44 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -1165,8 +1165,6 @@ int target_cmd_size_check(struct se_cmd *cmd, unsigned int size)
 			" 0x%02x\n", cmd->se_tfo->get_fabric_name(),
 				cmd->data_length, size, cmd->t_task_cdb[0]);
 
-		cmd->cmd_spdtl = size;
-
 		if (cmd->data_direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE) {
 			pr_err("Rejecting underflow/overflow"
 					" WRITE data\n");
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index 128ce46fa48..015cea01ae3 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -503,8 +503,6 @@ struct se_cmd {
 	u32			se_ordered_id;
 	/* Total size in bytes associated with command */
 	u32			data_length;
-	/* SCSI Presented Data Transfer Length */
-	u32			cmd_spdtl;
 	u32			residual_count;
 	u32			orig_fe_lun;
 	/* Persistent Reservation key */