diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 311c11349aab..bbca144821c5 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ struct se_session *transport_init_session(void)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&se_sess->sess_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&se_sess->sess_acl_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&se_sess->sess_cmd_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&se_sess->sess_wait_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock);
 	kref_init(&se_sess->sess_kref);
 
@@ -2250,11 +2251,14 @@ void target_sess_cmd_list_set_waiting(struct se_session *se_sess)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
-
-	WARN_ON(se_sess->sess_tearing_down);
+	if (se_sess->sess_tearing_down) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
+		return;
+	}
 	se_sess->sess_tearing_down = 1;
+	list_splice_init(&se_sess->sess_cmd_list, &se_sess->sess_wait_list);
 
-	list_for_each_entry(se_cmd, &se_sess->sess_cmd_list, se_cmd_list)
+	list_for_each_entry(se_cmd, &se_sess->sess_wait_list, se_cmd_list)
 		se_cmd->cmd_wait_set = 1;
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
@@ -2267,9 +2271,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(target_sess_cmd_list_set_waiting);
 void target_wait_for_sess_cmds(struct se_session *se_sess)
 {
 	struct se_cmd *se_cmd, *tmp_cmd;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(se_cmd, tmp_cmd,
-				&se_sess->sess_cmd_list, se_cmd_list) {
+				&se_sess->sess_wait_list, se_cmd_list) {
 		list_del(&se_cmd->se_cmd_list);
 
 		pr_debug("Waiting for se_cmd: %p t_state: %d, fabric state:"
@@ -2283,6 +2288,11 @@ void target_wait_for_sess_cmds(struct se_session *se_sess)
 
 		se_cmd->se_tfo->release_cmd(se_cmd);
 	}
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&se_sess->sess_cmd_list));
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
+
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(target_wait_for_sess_cmds);
 
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index e773dfa5f98f..4ea4f985f394 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ struct se_session {
 	struct list_head	sess_list;
 	struct list_head	sess_acl_list;
 	struct list_head	sess_cmd_list;
+	struct list_head	sess_wait_list;
 	spinlock_t		sess_cmd_lock;
 	struct kref		sess_kref;
 };