diff --git a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
index b16ed22a4..57596cc11 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
@@ -901,7 +901,6 @@ nvmf_tcp_qpair_write_pdu(struct spdk_nvmf_tcp_qpair *tqpair,
 	hlen = pdu->hdr.common.hlen;
 	pdu->cb_fn = cb_fn;
 	pdu->cb_arg = cb_arg;
-	pdu->qpair = tqpair;
 
 	pdu->iov[0].iov_base = &pdu->hdr.raw;
 	pdu->iov[0].iov_len = hlen;
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/nvmf/tcp.c/tcp_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/tcp.c/tcp_ut.c
index b96f9e854..f6a06ad3c 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/nvmf/tcp.c/tcp_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/tcp.c/tcp_ut.c
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ test_nvmf_tcp_send_c2h_data(void)
 
 	tcp_req.pdu = &pdu;
 	tcp_req.req.length = 300;
+	tcp_req.req.qpair = &tqpair.qpair;
 
 	tqpair.qpair.transport = &ttransport.transport;