diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
index 70b99c0e2e67..ca488c57ead4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
@@ -3153,13 +3153,18 @@ void iscsi_conn_stop(struct iscsi_cls_conn *cls_conn, int flag)
 
 	switch (flag) {
 	case STOP_CONN_RECOVER:
+		cls_conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_FAILED;
+		break;
 	case STOP_CONN_TERM:
-		iscsi_start_session_recovery(session, conn, flag);
+		cls_conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_DOWN;
 		break;
 	default:
 		iscsi_conn_printk(KERN_ERR, conn,
 				  "invalid stop flag %d\n", flag);
+		return;
 	}
+
+	iscsi_start_session_recovery(session, conn, flag);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_conn_stop);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
index 17a45716a0fe..0ec1b31c75a9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
@@ -2276,6 +2276,7 @@ iscsi_create_conn(struct iscsi_cls_session *session, int dd_size, uint32_t cid)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conn->conn_list_err);
 	conn->transport = transport;
 	conn->cid = cid;
+	conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_DOWN;
 
 	/* this is released in the dev's release function */
 	if (!get_device(&session->dev))
@@ -3709,8 +3710,11 @@ iscsi_if_recv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, uint32_t *group)
 		break;
 	case ISCSI_UEVENT_START_CONN:
 		conn = iscsi_conn_lookup(ev->u.start_conn.sid, ev->u.start_conn.cid);
-		if (conn)
+		if (conn) {
 			ev->r.retcode = transport->start_conn(conn);
+			if (!ev->r.retcode)
+				conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_UP;
+		}
 		else
 			err = -EINVAL;
 		break;
@@ -3907,6 +3911,26 @@ iscsi_conn_attr(tcp_xmit_wsf, ISCSI_PARAM_TCP_XMIT_WSF);
 iscsi_conn_attr(tcp_recv_wsf, ISCSI_PARAM_TCP_RECV_WSF);
 iscsi_conn_attr(local_ipaddr, ISCSI_PARAM_LOCAL_IPADDR);
 
+static const char *const connection_state_names[] = {
+	[ISCSI_CONN_UP] = "up",
+	[ISCSI_CONN_DOWN] = "down",
+	[ISCSI_CONN_FAILED] = "failed"
+};
+
+static ssize_t show_conn_state(struct device *dev,
+			       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct iscsi_cls_conn *conn = iscsi_dev_to_conn(dev->parent);
+	const char *state = "unknown";
+
+	if (conn->state >= 0 &&
+	    conn->state < ARRAY_SIZE(connection_state_names))
+		state = connection_state_names[conn->state];
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", state);
+}
+static ISCSI_CLASS_ATTR(conn, state, S_IRUGO, show_conn_state,
+			NULL);
 
 #define iscsi_conn_ep_attr_show(param)					\
 static ssize_t show_conn_ep_param_##param(struct device *dev,		\
@@ -3976,6 +4000,7 @@ static struct attribute *iscsi_conn_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_conn_tcp_xmit_wsf.attr,
 	&dev_attr_conn_tcp_recv_wsf.attr,
 	&dev_attr_conn_local_ipaddr.attr,
+	&dev_attr_conn_state.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
@@ -4047,6 +4072,8 @@ static umode_t iscsi_conn_attr_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
 		param = ISCSI_PARAM_TCP_RECV_WSF;
 	else if (attr == &dev_attr_conn_local_ipaddr.attr)
 		param = ISCSI_PARAM_LOCAL_IPADDR;
+	else if (attr == &dev_attr_conn_state.attr)
+		return S_IRUGO;
 	else {
 		WARN_ONCE(1, "Invalid conn attr");
 		return 0;
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h
index fa8814245796..bdcb6d69d154 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ extern void iscsi_ping_comp_event(uint32_t host_no,
 				  uint32_t status, uint32_t pid,
 				  uint32_t data_size, uint8_t *data);
 
+/* iscsi class connection state */
+enum iscsi_connection_state {
+	ISCSI_CONN_UP = 0,
+	ISCSI_CONN_DOWN,
+	ISCSI_CONN_FAILED,
+};
+
 struct iscsi_cls_conn {
 	struct list_head conn_list;	/* item in connlist */
 	struct list_head conn_list_err;	/* item in connlist_err */
@@ -198,6 +205,7 @@ struct iscsi_cls_conn {
 	struct iscsi_endpoint *ep;
 
 	struct device dev;		/* sysfs transport/container device */
+	enum iscsi_connection_state state;
 };
 
 #define iscsi_dev_to_conn(_dev) \