diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
index 561b5f2273afa6..431d1e3844ab6a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
@@ -2096,9 +2096,6 @@ static void chtls_abort_req_rss(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	int queue = csk->txq_idx;
 
 	if (is_neg_adv(req->status)) {
-		if (sk->sk_state == TCP_SYN_RECV)
-			chtls_set_tcb_tflag(sk, 0, 0);
-
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return;
 	}