diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
index bd185e1bdf03..2e86ac0d5433 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
@@ -1011,17 +1011,6 @@ __lpfc_sli_release_iocbq_s4(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *iocbq)
 	else
 		sglq = __lpfc_clear_active_sglq(phba, iocbq->sli4_lxritag);
 
-	/*
-	** This should have been removed from the txcmplq before calling
-	** iocbq_release. The normal completion
-	** path should have already done the list_del_init.
-	*/
-	if (unlikely(!list_empty(&iocbq->list))) {
-		if (iocbq->iocb_flag & LPFC_IO_ON_TXCMPLQ)
-			iocbq->iocb_flag &= ~LPFC_IO_ON_TXCMPLQ;
-		list_del_init(&iocbq->list);
-	}
-
 
 	if (sglq)  {
 		if ((iocbq->iocb_flag & LPFC_EXCHANGE_BUSY) &&
@@ -1070,13 +1059,6 @@ __lpfc_sli_release_iocbq_s3(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *iocbq)
 {
 	size_t start_clean = offsetof(struct lpfc_iocbq, iocb);
 
-	/*
-	** This should have been removed from the txcmplq before calling
-	** iocbq_release. The normal completion
-	** path should have already done the list_del_init.
-	*/
-	if (unlikely(!list_empty(&iocbq->list)))
-		list_del_init(&iocbq->list);
 
 	/*
 	 * Clean all volatile data fields, preserve iotag and node struct.