diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
index a82a0796a6148ab499054ee2145526c6241148a0..a320eb5b2133c63e0384ffac36ce59aab1c21c96 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
@@ -910,6 +910,7 @@ bool nvmet_req_init(struct nvmet_req *req, struct nvmet_cq *cq,
 	req->metadata_sg_cnt = 0;
 	req->transfer_len = 0;
 	req->metadata_len = 0;
+	req->cqe->result.u64 = 0;
 	req->cqe->status = 0;
 	req->cqe->sq_head = 0;
 	req->ns = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd.c b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd.c
index 66506a70310d66b4ce377183efc740524d5022bd..870f4b5cf903a98003106d144d42c30f1c23e83d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd.c
@@ -170,9 +170,6 @@ static void nvmet_execute_admin_connect(struct nvmet_req *req)
 	if (status)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* zero out initial completion result, assign values as needed */
-	req->cqe->result.u32 = 0;
-
 	if (c->recfmt != 0) {
 		pr_warn("invalid connect version (%d).\n",
 			le16_to_cpu(c->recfmt));
@@ -242,9 +239,6 @@ static void nvmet_execute_io_connect(struct nvmet_req *req)
 	if (status)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* zero out initial completion result, assign values as needed */
-	req->cqe->result.u32 = 0;
-
 	if (c->recfmt != 0) {
 		pr_warn("invalid connect version (%d).\n",
 			le16_to_cpu(c->recfmt));