diff --git a/hw/ip/tlul/rtl/tlul_adapter_sram.sv b/hw/ip/tlul/rtl/tlul_adapter_sram.sv
index 6ed95beab4184e..20026c083afd74 100644
--- a/hw/ip/tlul/rtl/tlul_adapter_sram.sv
+++ b/hw/ip/tlul/rtl/tlul_adapter_sram.sv
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ module tlul_adapter_sram
   end
 
   logic vld_rd_rsp;
-  assign vld_rd_rsp = d_valid & reqfifo_rvalid & rspfifo_rvalid & (reqfifo_rdata.op == OpRead);
+  assign vld_rd_rsp = d_valid & rspfifo_rvalid & (reqfifo_rdata.op == OpRead);
   // If the response data is not valid, we set it to an illegal blanking value which is determined
   // by whether the current transaction is an instruction fetch or a regular read operation.
   logic [top_pkg::TL_DW-1:0] error_blanking_data;