diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index a6e1edcfefbd..42c2a44b83dd 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -1827,6 +1827,8 @@ static bool target_handle_task_attr(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 	if (dev->transport->transport_flags & TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH)
 		return false;
 
+	cmd->se_cmd_flags |= SCF_TASK_ATTR_SET;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for the existence of HEAD_OF_QUEUE, and if true return 1
 	 * to allow the passed struct se_cmd list of tasks to the front of the list.
@@ -1949,6 +1951,9 @@ static void transport_complete_task_attr(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 	if (dev->transport->transport_flags & TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH)
 		return;
 
+	if (!(cmd->se_cmd_flags & SCF_TASK_ATTR_SET))
+		goto restart;
+
 	if (cmd->sam_task_attr == TCM_SIMPLE_TAG) {
 		atomic_dec_mb(&dev->simple_cmds);
 		dev->dev_cur_ordered_id++;
@@ -1965,7 +1970,7 @@ static void transport_complete_task_attr(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 		pr_debug("Incremented dev_cur_ordered_id: %u for ORDERED\n",
 			 dev->dev_cur_ordered_id);
 	}
-
+restart:
 	target_restart_delayed_cmds(dev);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index b316b44d03f3..fb8e3b6febdf 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ enum se_cmd_flags_table {
 	SCF_PASSTHROUGH_PROT_SG_TO_MEM_NOALLOC = 0x00200000,
 	SCF_ACK_KREF			= 0x00400000,
 	SCF_USE_CPUID			= 0x00800000,
+	SCF_TASK_ATTR_SET		= 0x01000000,
 };
 
 /*