diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index ea482d4b1f00..0ae9e60fc4d5 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -666,6 +666,11 @@ static int transport_cmd_check_stop_to_fabric(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 
 	target_remove_from_state_list(cmd);
 
+	/*
+	 * Clear struct se_cmd->se_lun before the handoff to FE.
+	 */
+	cmd->se_lun = NULL;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cmd->t_state_lock, flags);
 	/*
 	 * Determine if frontend context caller is requesting the stopping of
@@ -693,6 +698,17 @@ static int transport_cmd_check_stop_to_fabric(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 	return cmd->se_tfo->check_stop_free(cmd);
 }
 
+static void transport_lun_remove_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd)
+{
+	struct se_lun *lun = cmd->se_lun;
+
+	if (!lun)
+		return;
+
+	if (cmpxchg(&cmd->lun_ref_active, true, false))
+		percpu_ref_put(&lun->lun_ref);
+}
+
 static void target_complete_failure_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct se_cmd *cmd = container_of(work, struct se_cmd, work);
@@ -783,6 +799,8 @@ static void target_handle_abort(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(kref_read(&cmd->cmd_kref) == 0);
 
+	transport_lun_remove_cmd(cmd);
+
 	transport_cmd_check_stop_to_fabric(cmd);
 }
 
@@ -1708,6 +1726,7 @@ static void target_complete_tmr_failure(struct work_struct *work)
 	se_cmd->se_tmr_req->response = TMR_LUN_DOES_NOT_EXIST;
 	se_cmd->se_tfo->queue_tm_rsp(se_cmd);
 
+	transport_lun_remove_cmd(se_cmd);
 	transport_cmd_check_stop_to_fabric(se_cmd);
 }
 
@@ -1898,6 +1917,7 @@ void transport_generic_request_failure(struct se_cmd *cmd,
 		goto queue_full;
 
 check_stop:
+	transport_lun_remove_cmd(cmd);
 	transport_cmd_check_stop_to_fabric(cmd);
 	return;
 
@@ -2195,6 +2215,7 @@ queue_status:
 		transport_handle_queue_full(cmd, cmd->se_dev, ret, false);
 		return;
 	}
+	transport_lun_remove_cmd(cmd);
 	transport_cmd_check_stop_to_fabric(cmd);
 }
 
@@ -2289,6 +2310,7 @@ static void target_complete_ok_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (ret)
 			goto queue_full;
 
+		transport_lun_remove_cmd(cmd);
 		transport_cmd_check_stop_to_fabric(cmd);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2314,6 +2336,7 @@ static void target_complete_ok_work(struct work_struct *work)
 			if (ret)
 				goto queue_full;
 
+			transport_lun_remove_cmd(cmd);
 			transport_cmd_check_stop_to_fabric(cmd);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -2349,6 +2372,7 @@ queue_rsp:
 			if (ret)
 				goto queue_full;
 
+			transport_lun_remove_cmd(cmd);
 			transport_cmd_check_stop_to_fabric(cmd);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -2384,6 +2408,7 @@ queue_status:
 		break;
 	}
 
+	transport_lun_remove_cmd(cmd);
 	transport_cmd_check_stop_to_fabric(cmd);
 	return;
 
@@ -2710,6 +2735,9 @@ int transport_generic_free_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd, int wait_for_tasks)
 		 */
 		if (cmd->state_active)
 			target_remove_from_state_list(cmd);
+
+		if (cmd->se_lun)
+			transport_lun_remove_cmd(cmd);
 	}
 	if (aborted)
 		cmd->free_compl = &compl;
@@ -2781,9 +2809,6 @@ static void target_release_cmd_kref(struct kref *kref)
 	struct completion *abrt_compl = se_cmd->abrt_compl;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (se_cmd->lun_ref_active)
-		percpu_ref_put(&se_cmd->se_lun->lun_ref);
-
 	if (se_sess) {
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
 		list_del_init(&se_cmd->se_cmd_list);