diff --git a/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_io.c b/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_io.c
index 1354a157e9af..6a38ff936389 100644
--- a/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_io.c
+++ b/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_io.c
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ void ft_recv_write_data(struct ft_cmd *cmd, struct fc_frame *fp)
 	ep = fc_seq_exch(seq);
 	lport = ep->lp;
 	if (cmd->was_ddp_setup) {
-		BUG_ON(!ep);
 		BUG_ON(!lport);
 		/*
 		 * Since DDP (Large Rx offload) was setup for this request,