diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
index 8a7eb9f98a0c..7ccf3284dda3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ static int srp_reconnect_target(struct srp_target_port *target)
 
 	scsi_target_unblock(&shost->shost_gendev, ret == 0 ? SDEV_RUNNING :
 			    SDEV_TRANSPORT_OFFLINE);
+	target->transport_offline = !!ret;
 
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
@@ -1353,6 +1354,12 @@ static int srp_queuecommand(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct scsi_cmnd *scmnd)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int len;
 
+	if (unlikely(target->transport_offline)) {
+		scmnd->result = DID_NO_CONNECT << 16;
+		scmnd->scsi_done(scmnd);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&target->lock, flags);
 	iu = __srp_get_tx_iu(target, SRP_IU_CMD);
 	if (!iu)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.h
index de2d0b3c0bfe..66fbedda4571 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ struct srp_target_port {
 	unsigned int		cmd_sg_cnt;
 	unsigned int		indirect_size;
 	bool			allow_ext_sg;
+	bool			transport_offline;
 
 	/* Everything above this point is used in the hot path of
 	 * command processing. Try to keep them packed into cachelines.