int iscsit_del_np_comm(struct iscsi_np *np)
 {
-       if (!np->np_socket)
-               return 0;
-
-       /*
-        * Some network transports allocate their own struct sock->file,
-        * see  if we need to free any additional allocated resources.
-        */
-       if (np->np_flags & NPF_SCTP_STRUCT_FILE) {
-               kfree(np->np_socket->file);
-               np->np_socket->file = NULL;
-       }
-
-       sock_release(np->np_socket);
+       if (np->np_socket)
+               sock_release(np->np_socket);
        return 0;
 }
 
        kfree(conn->conn_ops);
        conn->conn_ops = NULL;
 
-       if (conn->sock) {
-               if (conn->conn_flags & CONNFLAG_SCTP_STRUCT_FILE) {
-                       kfree(conn->sock->file);
-                       conn->sock->file = NULL;
-               }
+       if (conn->sock)
                sock_release(conn->sock);
-       }
        conn->thread_set = NULL;
 
        pr_debug("Moving to TARG_CONN_STATE_FREE.\n");
 
                return ret;
        }
        np->np_socket = sock;
-       /*
-        * The SCTP stack needs struct socket->file.
-        */
-       if ((np->np_network_transport == ISCSI_SCTP_TCP) ||
-           (np->np_network_transport == ISCSI_SCTP_UDP)) {
-               if (!sock->file) {
-                       sock->file = kzalloc(sizeof(struct file), GFP_KERNEL);
-                       if (!sock->file) {
-                               pr_err("Unable to allocate struct"
-                                               " file for SCTP\n");
-                               ret = -ENOMEM;
-                               goto fail;
-                       }
-                       np->np_flags |= NPF_SCTP_STRUCT_FILE;
-               }
-       }
        /*
         * Setup the np->np_sockaddr from the passed sockaddr setup
         * in iscsi_target_configfs.c code..
 
 fail:
        np->np_socket = NULL;
-       if (sock) {
-               if (np->np_flags & NPF_SCTP_STRUCT_FILE) {
-                       kfree(sock->file);
-                       sock->file = NULL;
-               }
-
+       if (sock)
                sock_release(sock);
-       }
        return ret;
 }
 
 static int __iscsi_target_login_thread(struct iscsi_np *np)
 {
        u8 buffer[ISCSI_HDR_LEN], iscsi_opcode, zero_tsih = 0;
-       int err, ret = 0, set_sctp_conn_flag, stop;
+       int err, ret = 0, stop;
        struct iscsi_conn *conn = NULL;
        struct iscsi_login *login;
        struct iscsi_portal_group *tpg = NULL;
        struct sockaddr_in6 sock_in6;
 
        flush_signals(current);
-       set_sctp_conn_flag = 0;
        sock = np->np_socket;
 
        spin_lock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
                spin_unlock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
                goto out;
        }
-       /*
-        * The SCTP stack needs struct socket->file.
-        */
-       if ((np->np_network_transport == ISCSI_SCTP_TCP) ||
-           (np->np_network_transport == ISCSI_SCTP_UDP)) {
-               if (!new_sock->file) {
-                       new_sock->file = kzalloc(
-                                       sizeof(struct file), GFP_KERNEL);
-                       if (!new_sock->file) {
-                               pr_err("Unable to allocate struct"
-                                               " file for SCTP\n");
-                               sock_release(new_sock);
-                               /* Get another socket */
-                               return 1;
-                       }
-                       set_sctp_conn_flag = 1;
-               }
-       }
-
        iscsi_start_login_thread_timer(np);
 
        conn = kzalloc(sizeof(struct iscsi_conn), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!conn) {
                pr_err("Could not allocate memory for"
                        " new connection\n");
-               if (set_sctp_conn_flag) {
-                       kfree(new_sock->file);
-                       new_sock->file = NULL;
-               }
                sock_release(new_sock);
                /* Get another socket */
                return 1;
        conn->conn_state = TARG_CONN_STATE_FREE;
        conn->sock = new_sock;
 
-       if (set_sctp_conn_flag)
-               conn->conn_flags |= CONNFLAG_SCTP_STRUCT_FILE;
-
        pr_debug("Moving to TARG_CONN_STATE_XPT_UP.\n");
        conn->conn_state = TARG_CONN_STATE_XPT_UP;
 
                iscsi_release_param_list(conn->param_list);
                conn->param_list = NULL;
        }
-       if (conn->sock) {
-               if (conn->conn_flags & CONNFLAG_SCTP_STRUCT_FILE) {
-                       kfree(conn->sock->file);
-                       conn->sock->file = NULL;
-               }
+       if (conn->sock)
                sock_release(conn->sock);
-       }
        kfree(conn);
 
        if (tpg) {