diff --git a/lib/nvmf/session.c b/lib/nvmf/session.c
index 8a03d63d1..6dd0b5727 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/session.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/session.c
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ nvmf_create_session(const char *subnqn)
 		      session->cntlid);
 	TAILQ_INIT(&session->connections);
 	session->num_connections = 0;
-	session->is_valid = 1;
 	session->subsys = subsystem;
 	session->max_connections_allowed = g_nvmf_tgt.MaxConnectionsPerSession;
 
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/session.h b/lib/nvmf/session.h
index 7da719620..254d3a3f2 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/session.h
+++ b/lib/nvmf/session.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ struct nvmf_session {
 	uint16_t	cntlid;
 	uint32_t	max_io_queues; /* maximum supported by backend NVMe library */
 	int		active_queues;
-	int		is_valid;
 	struct {
 		union spdk_nvme_cap_register	cap;
 		union spdk_nvme_vs_register	vs;