diff --git a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
index fe7af26f8..b75b6bd29 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
+++ b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ struct spdk_mobj {
 
 struct spdk_iscsi_pdu {
 	struct iscsi_bhs bhs;
-	struct iscsi_ahs *ahs;
 	struct spdk_mobj *mobj;
 	uint8_t *data_buf;
 	uint8_t *data;
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ struct spdk_iscsi_pdu {
 	 * This should always be at the end of PDU data structure.
 	 * we need to not zero this out when doing memory clear.
 	 */
-	uint8_t ahs_data[ISCSI_AHS_LEN];
+	uint8_t ahs[ISCSI_AHS_LEN];
 
 	struct {
 		uint16_t length; /* iSCSI SenseLength (big-endian) */
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/iscsi_subsystem.c b/lib/iscsi/iscsi_subsystem.c
index 01872dadb..4e5a6a127 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/iscsi_subsystem.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/iscsi_subsystem.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ struct spdk_iscsi_pdu *spdk_get_pdu(void)
 	}
 
 	/* we do not want to zero out the last part of the structure reserved for AHS and sense data */
-	memset(pdu, 0, offsetof(struct spdk_iscsi_pdu, ahs_data));
+	memset(pdu, 0, offsetof(struct spdk_iscsi_pdu, ahs));
 	pdu->ref = 1;
 
 	return pdu;
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/iscsi/common.c b/test/unit/lib/iscsi/common.c
index dfdb12325..b03bc8d3a 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/iscsi/common.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/iscsi/common.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ spdk_get_pdu(void)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	memset(pdu, 0, offsetof(struct spdk_iscsi_pdu, ahs_data));
+	memset(pdu, 0, offsetof(struct spdk_iscsi_pdu, ahs));
 	pdu->ref = 1;
 
 	return pdu;