diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configfs.c b/drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configfs.c
index 31a096aa16ab..6e456de5e564 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configfs.c
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ static int target_fabric_mappedlun_link(
 		pr_err("Source se_lun->lun_se_dev does not exist\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	if (lun->lun_shutdown) {
+		pr_err("Unable to create mappedlun symlink because"
+			" lun->lun_shutdown=true\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	se_tpg = lun->lun_tpg;
 
 	nacl_ci = &lun_acl_ci->ci_parent->ci_group->cg_item;
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c b/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
index 2744251178ad..1949f50725a5 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
@@ -640,6 +640,8 @@ void core_tpg_remove_lun(
 	 */
 	struct se_device *dev = rcu_dereference_raw(lun->lun_se_dev);
 
+	lun->lun_shutdown = true;
+
 	core_clear_lun_from_tpg(lun, tpg);
 	/*
 	 * Wait for any active I/O references to percpu se_lun->lun_ref to
@@ -661,6 +663,8 @@ void core_tpg_remove_lun(
 	}
 	if (!(dev->se_hba->hba_flags & HBA_FLAGS_INTERNAL_USE))
 		hlist_del_rcu(&lun->link);
+
+	lun->lun_shutdown = false;
 	mutex_unlock(&tpg->tpg_lun_mutex);
 
 	percpu_ref_exit(&lun->lun_ref);
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index 6233e8fd95b5..0383c601e17c 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ struct se_lun {
 	u64			unpacked_lun;
 #define SE_LUN_LINK_MAGIC			0xffff7771
 	u32			lun_link_magic;
+	bool			lun_shutdown;
 	bool			lun_access_ro;
 	u32			lun_index;