diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c b/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
index a5c2b3cf7d1a..05c0a90e11a9 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ void core_tmr_abort_task(
 
 		if (!__target_check_io_state(se_cmd, se_sess, 0)) {
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
-			target_put_sess_cmd(se_cmd);
 			goto out;
 		}