diff --git a/include/spdk/scsi.h b/include/spdk/scsi.h
index 2978ddc21..b37f49878 100644
--- a/include/spdk/scsi.h
+++ b/include/spdk/scsi.h
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ struct spdk_scsi_task {
 	struct spdk_event 		*cb_event;
 
 	uint32_t ref;
-	uint32_t id;
 	uint32_t transfer_len;
 	uint32_t data_out_cnt;
 	uint32_t dxfer_dir;
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/conn.c b/lib/iscsi/conn.c
index 6719e520b..b6910cfd3 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/conn.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/conn.c
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ void process_task_completion(void *arg1, void *arg2)
 		}
 
 		if (primary->scsi.bytes_completed == primary->scsi.transfer_len) {
-			spdk_del_transfer_task(conn, primary->scsi.id);
+			spdk_del_transfer_task(conn, primary->tag);
 			spdk_iscsi_task_response(conn, primary);
 			/*
 			 * Check if this is the last task completed for an iSCSI write
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.c b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.c
index fe0d980d7..1c727040b 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.c
@@ -2601,7 +2601,7 @@ spdk_get_scsi_task_from_itt(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn,
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(pdu, &conn->snack_pdu_list, tailq) {
 		if (pdu->bhs.opcode == opcode &&
 		    pdu->task != NULL &&
-		    pdu->task->scsi.id == task_tag) {
+		    pdu->task->tag == task_tag) {
 			task = pdu->task;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -2630,7 +2630,7 @@ spdk_iscsi_send_datain(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn,
 	rsp_pdu->data = task->scsi.iovs[0].iov_base + offset;
 	rsp_pdu->data_from_mempool = true;
 
-	task_tag = task->scsi.id;
+	task_tag = task->tag;
 	transfer_tag = 0xffffffffU;
 
 	F_bit = datain_flag & ISCSI_FLAG_FINAL;
@@ -2969,7 +2969,7 @@ spdk_iscsi_op_scsi(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn, struct spdk_iscsi_pdu *pdu)
 	}
 
 	task->scsi.cdb = cdb;
-	task->scsi.id = task_tag;
+	task->tag = task_tag;
 	task->scsi.transfer_len = transfer_len;
 	task->scsi.target_port = conn->target_port;
 	task->scsi.initiator_port = conn->initiator_port;
@@ -3126,7 +3126,7 @@ void spdk_iscsi_task_response(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn,
 	primary = spdk_iscsi_task_get_primary(task);
 
 	transfer_len = primary->scsi.transfer_len;
-	task_tag = task->scsi.id;
+	task_tag = task->tag;
 
 	/* transfer data from logical unit */
 	/* (direction is view of initiator side) */
@@ -3277,7 +3277,7 @@ spdk_iscsi_op_task(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn, struct spdk_iscsi_pdu *pdu)
 	spdk_iscsi_task_associate_pdu(task, pdu);
 	task->scsi.target_port = conn->target_port;
 	task->scsi.initiator_port = conn->initiator_port;
-	task->scsi.id = task_tag;
+	task->tag = task_tag;
 	task->scsi.lun = spdk_scsi_dev_get_lun(dev, lun_i);
 
 	switch (function) {
@@ -3542,7 +3542,7 @@ void spdk_del_transfer_task(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn, uint32_t task_tag)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < conn->pending_r2t; i++) {
-		if (conn->outstanding_r2t_tasks[i]->scsi.id == task_tag) {
+		if (conn->outstanding_r2t_tasks[i]->tag == task_tag) {
 			task = conn->outstanding_r2t_tasks[i];
 			conn->outstanding_r2t_tasks[i] = NULL;
 			conn->data_out_cnt -= task->scsi.data_out_cnt;
@@ -4068,9 +4068,9 @@ static int spdk_iscsi_op_data(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn,
 		return SPDK_ISCSI_CONNECTION_FATAL;
 	}
 
-	if (task->scsi.id != task_tag) {
+	if (task->tag != task_tag) {
 		SPDK_ERRLOG("The r2t task tag is %u, and the dataout task tag is %u\n",
-			    task->scsi.id, task_tag);
+			    task->tag, task_tag);
 		goto reject_return;
 	}
 
@@ -4167,7 +4167,7 @@ spdk_iscsi_send_r2t(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn,
 	rsph->opcode = ISCSI_OP_R2T;
 	rsph->flags |= 0x80; /* bit 0 is default to 1 */
 	to_be64(&rsph->lun, spdk_scsi_lun_get_id(task->scsi.lun));
-	to_be32(&rsph->itt, task->scsi.id);
+	to_be32(&rsph->itt, task->tag);
 	to_be32(&rsph->ttt, transfer_tag);
 
 	to_be32(&rsph->stat_sn, conn->StatSN);
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/task.c b/lib/iscsi/task.c
index ae02b6a0c..12c3e6501 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/task.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/task.c
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ spdk_iscsi_task_get(uint32_t *owner_task_ctr, struct spdk_iscsi_task *parent)
 	memset(task, 0, sizeof(*task));
 	spdk_scsi_task_construct((struct spdk_scsi_task *)task, owner_task_ctr,
 				 (struct spdk_scsi_task *)parent);
+	if (parent) {
+		task->tag = parent->tag;
+	}
 	task->scsi.free_fn = spdk_iscsi_task_free;
 
 	return task;
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/task.h b/lib/iscsi/task.h
index 2b782e565..77e7c2281 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/task.h
+++ b/lib/iscsi/task.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ struct spdk_iscsi_task {
 	uint32_t acked_data_sn; /* next expected datain datasn */
 	uint32_t ttt;
 
+	uint32_t tag;
+
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(spdk_iscsi_task) link;
 
 	TAILQ_HEAD(subtask_list, spdk_iscsi_task) subtask_list;
diff --git a/lib/scsi/task.c b/lib/scsi/task.c
index 98d5f0fbd..282aab8f3 100644
--- a/lib/scsi/task.c
+++ b/lib/scsi/task.c
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ spdk_scsi_task_construct(struct spdk_scsi_task *task, uint32_t *owner_task_ctr,
 		task->cdb = parent->cdb;
 		task->target_port = parent->target_port;
 		task->initiator_port = parent->initiator_port;
-		task->id = parent->id;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/lib/scsi/dev/dev_ut.c b/test/lib/scsi/dev/dev_ut.c
index 5bdbdee97..96a0c9cb6 100644
--- a/test/lib/scsi/dev/dev_ut.c
+++ b/test/lib/scsi/dev/dev_ut.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "dev.c"
 #include "port.c"
 
-static uint32_t g_task_count = 0;
 static struct spdk_bdev g_bdev = {};
 
 struct lun_entry {
@@ -72,18 +71,12 @@ spdk_get_task(uint32_t *owner_task_ctr)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	task->id = g_task_count;
-
-	g_task_count++;
-
 	return task;
 }
 
 void
 spdk_scsi_task_put(struct spdk_scsi_task *task)
 {
-	g_task_count--;
-
 	free(task);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/lib/scsi/lun/lun_ut.c b/test/lib/scsi/lun/lun_ut.c
index 655763388..b4780d78e 100644
--- a/test/lib/scsi/lun/lun_ut.c
+++ b/test/lib/scsi/lun/lun_ut.c
@@ -271,9 +271,6 @@ lun_task_mgmt_execute_abort_task_not_supported(void)
 	task->lun = lun;
 	task->cdb = cdb;
 
-	/* Set the task's id and abort_id to the same value */
-	mgmt_task->abort_id = task->id;
-
 	spdk_scsi_lun_append_task(lun, task);
 
 	/* task should now be on the pending_task list */
diff --git a/test/lib/scsi/scsi_bdev/scsi_bdev_ut.c b/test/lib/scsi/scsi_bdev/scsi_bdev_ut.c
index 42e9e62b9..7692d0531 100644
--- a/test/lib/scsi/scsi_bdev/scsi_bdev_ut.c
+++ b/test/lib/scsi/scsi_bdev/scsi_bdev_ut.c
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ static void
 spdk_init_task(struct spdk_scsi_task *task)
 {
 	memset(task, 0, sizeof(*task));
-	task->id = 1;
 	task->iovs = &task->iov;
 	task->iovcnt = 1;
 }