diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index 202a42858f2537e7aa8f790f3969ba570ad93208..cd77a064c772f1bbe897482d2372fe5bc6434328 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -4544,7 +4544,18 @@ static void iscsit_logout_post_handler_closesession(
 	struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 {
 	struct iscsi_session *sess = conn->sess;
-	int sleep = cmpxchg(&conn->tx_thread_active, true, false);
+	int sleep = 1;
+	/*
+	 * Traditional iscsi/tcp will invoke this logic from TX thread
+	 * context during session logout, so clear tx_thread_active and
+	 * sleep if iscsit_close_connection() has not already occured.
+	 *
+	 * Since iser-target invokes this logic from it's own workqueue,
+	 * always sleep waiting for RX/TX thread shutdown to complete
+	 * within iscsit_close_connection().
+	 */
+	if (conn->conn_transport->transport_type == ISCSI_TCP)
+		sleep = cmpxchg(&conn->tx_thread_active, true, false);
 
 	atomic_set(&conn->conn_logout_remove, 0);
 	complete(&conn->conn_logout_comp);
@@ -4558,7 +4569,10 @@ static void iscsit_logout_post_handler_closesession(
 static void iscsit_logout_post_handler_samecid(
 	struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 {
-	int sleep = cmpxchg(&conn->tx_thread_active, true, false);
+	int sleep = 1;
+
+	if (conn->conn_transport->transport_type == ISCSI_TCP)
+		sleep = cmpxchg(&conn->tx_thread_active, true, false);
 
 	atomic_set(&conn->conn_logout_remove, 0);
 	complete(&conn->conn_logout_comp);