diff --git a/include/spdk_internal/nvme_tcp.h b/include/spdk_internal/nvme_tcp.h
index c7e19a9e2..6893586ce 100644
--- a/include/spdk_internal/nvme_tcp.h
+++ b/include/spdk_internal/nvme_tcp.h
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ struct nvme_tcp_pdu {
 
 	uint32_t                                        ch_valid_bytes;
 	uint32_t                                        psh_valid_bytes;
-	bool                                            hd_is_read;
 	uint32_t                                        data_valid_bytes;
 
 	nvme_tcp_qpair_xfer_complete_cb			cb_fn;
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
index 7a8fe333b..841574359 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
@@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@ spdk_nvmf_tcp_sock_process(struct nvme_tcp_qpair *tqpair)
 		/* Wait for the pdu specific header  */
 		case NVME_TCP_PDU_RECV_STATE_AWAIT_PDU_PSH:
 			pdu = &tqpair->pdu_in_progress;
-			if (pdu->hd_is_read) {
+			if (pdu->tcp_req) {
 				break;
 			}
 
@@ -1977,8 +1977,6 @@ spdk_nvmf_tcp_sock_process(struct nvme_tcp_qpair *tqpair)
 				}
 			}
 
-			pdu->hd_is_read = true;
-
 			/* All header(ch, psh, head digist) of this PDU has now been read from the socket. */
 			spdk_nvmf_tcp_pdu_psh_handle(tqpair);
 			break;