diff --git a/test/lib/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf.c b/test/lib/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf.c
index f373ba358..2b6163fed 100644
--- a/test/lib/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf.c
+++ b/test/lib/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf.c
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ bdevperf_complete(struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io, enum spdk_bdev_io_status status,
 	target->current_queue_depth--;
 	target->io_completed++;
 
-	bdev_io->caller_ctx = NULL;
 	rte_mempool_put(task_pool, task);
 
 	spdk_bdev_free_io(bdev_io);