diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index f77e5eee6b80..518fac4864cf 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -483,8 +483,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iscsit_queue_rsp);
 void iscsit_aborted_task(struct iscsi_conn *conn, struct iscsi_cmd *cmd)
 {
 	spin_lock_bh(&conn->cmd_lock);
-	if (!list_empty(&cmd->i_conn_node) &&
-	    !(cmd->se_cmd.transport_state & CMD_T_FABRIC_STOP))
+	if (!list_empty(&cmd->i_conn_node))
 		list_del_init(&cmd->i_conn_node);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&conn->cmd_lock);
 
@@ -4083,12 +4082,22 @@ static void iscsit_release_commands_from_conn(struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 	spin_lock_bh(&conn->cmd_lock);
 	list_splice_init(&conn->conn_cmd_list, &tmp_list);
 
-	list_for_each_entry(cmd, &tmp_list, i_conn_node) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(cmd, cmd_tmp, &tmp_list, i_conn_node) {
 		struct se_cmd *se_cmd = &cmd->se_cmd;
 
 		if (se_cmd->se_tfo != NULL) {
 			spin_lock_irq(&se_cmd->t_state_lock);
-			se_cmd->transport_state |= CMD_T_FABRIC_STOP;
+			if (se_cmd->transport_state & CMD_T_ABORTED) {
+				/*
+				 * LIO's abort path owns the cleanup for this,
+				 * so put it back on the list and let
+				 * aborted_task handle it.
+				 */
+				list_move_tail(&cmd->i_conn_node,
+					       &conn->conn_cmd_list);
+			} else {
+				se_cmd->transport_state |= CMD_T_FABRIC_STOP;
+			}
 			spin_unlock_irq(&se_cmd->t_state_lock);
 		}
 	}