diff --git a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c
index 1f7507d19af0..ecb7226f4211 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c
@@ -1920,9 +1920,6 @@ 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;
 	}