diff --git a/test/vhost/other/negative.sh b/test/vhost/other/negative.sh
index ced80fa36..e40627e22 100755
--- a/test/vhost/other/negative.sh
+++ b/test/vhost/other/negative.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #  Copyright (C) 2017 Intel Corporation
 #  All rights reserved.
+#  Copyright (c) 2023 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 #
 testdir=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
 rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../../..)
@@ -171,9 +172,6 @@ if $rpc_py vhost_scsi_controller_remove_target naa.0 8 > /dev/null; then
 	error "Removing device 8 from controller naa.0 succeeded, but it shouldn't"
 fi
 
-notice "Re-adding device 0 to naa.0"
-$rpc_py vhost_scsi_controller_add_target naa.0 0 Malloc0
-
 # BLK
 notice "Trying to create block controller with incorrect cpumask outside of application cpumask"
 if $rpc_py vhost_create_blk_controller vhost.invalid.cpumask Malloc0 --cpumask 0xf0; then