diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index f2c3d4abfe70..dc2c0565736d 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -4105,11 +4105,6 @@ restart:
 			goto transport_err;
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * Set conn->bad_hdr for use with REJECT PDUs.
-		 */
-		memcpy(&conn->bad_hdr, &buffer, ISCSI_HDR_LEN);
-
 		if (conn->conn_ops->HeaderDigest) {
 			iov.iov_base	= &digest;
 			iov.iov_len	= ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_core.h b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_core.h
index 391283c85313..caa0ad9a778b 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_core.h
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_core.h
@@ -532,8 +532,6 @@ struct iscsi_conn {
 	u32			of_marker;
 	/* Used for calculating OFMarker offset to next PDU */
 	u32			of_marker_offset;
-	/* Complete Bad PDU for sending reject */
-	unsigned char		bad_hdr[ISCSI_HDR_LEN];
 #define IPV6_ADDRESS_SPACE				48
 	unsigned char		login_ip[IPV6_ADDRESS_SPACE];
 	unsigned char		local_ip[IPV6_ADDRESS_SPACE];