diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index 2688918b879a..12803de99400 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -3488,9 +3488,9 @@ iscsit_build_text_rsp(struct iscsi_cmd *cmd, struct iscsi_conn *conn,
 		return text_length;
 
 	if (completed) {
-		hdr->flags |= ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_FINAL;
+		hdr->flags = ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_FINAL;
 	} else {
-		hdr->flags |= ISCSI_FLAG_TEXT_CONTINUE;
+		hdr->flags = ISCSI_FLAG_TEXT_CONTINUE;
 		cmd->read_data_done += text_length;
 		if (cmd->targ_xfer_tag == 0xFFFFFFFF)
 			cmd->targ_xfer_tag = session_get_next_ttt(conn->sess);