diff --git a/src/target/target.c b/src/target/target.c
index 6cbfc6e2e..7d3861ab5 100644
--- a/src/target/target.c
+++ b/src/target/target.c
@@ -6471,7 +6471,6 @@ static int jim_target_smp(Jim_Interp *interp, int argc, Jim_Obj *const *argv)
 	foreach_smp_target(head, lh) {
 		target = head->target;
 		target->smp = smp_group;
-		target->smp = 1;
 		target->smp_targets = lh;
 	}
 	smp_group++;