diff --git a/include/net/nfc/hci.h b/include/net/nfc/hci.h
index aca65a5a9d0da9afd880b9b1fea3e2ebeeecbd3c..95fc0c27578e184844e75574da2a42bd9ef0005f 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/hci.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/hci.h
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ struct nfc_hci_dev {
 	u8 gate2pipe[NFC_HCI_MAX_GATES];
 
 	bool poll_started;
-	struct nfc_target *targets;
-	int target_count;
 
 	u8 sw_romlib;
 	u8 sw_patch;
diff --git a/net/nfc/hci/core.c b/net/nfc/hci/core.c
index 545c19f17536f218af6b709e12558d4384011a18..ef5cd5c9e3fb082fded801b4627ae48af33aca07 100644
--- a/net/nfc/hci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/hci/core.c
@@ -235,13 +235,6 @@ static int nfc_hci_target_discovered(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 gate)
 	targets->hci_reader_gate = gate;
 
 	r = nfc_targets_found(hdev->ndev, targets, 1);
-	if (r < 0)
-		goto exit;
-
-	kfree(hdev->targets);
-	hdev->targets = targets;
-	targets = NULL;
-	hdev->target_count = 1;
 
 exit:
 	kfree(targets);