diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
index 443ef33fbf30794fd5aea3e75f4d29da367a3963..c8749a9e1ccd9d54bf723d3856b359207e6f5763 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
@@ -3352,6 +3352,41 @@ isert_wait4flush(struct isert_conn *isert_conn)
 	wait_for_completion(&isert_conn->wait_comp_err);
 }
 
+/**
+ * isert_put_unsol_pending_cmds() - Drop commands waiting for
+ *     unsolicitate dataout
+ * @conn:    iscsi connection
+ *
+ * We might still have commands that are waiting for unsolicited
+ * dataouts messages. We must put the extra reference on those
+ * before blocking on the target_wait_for_session_cmds
+ */
+static void
+isert_put_unsol_pending_cmds(struct iscsi_conn *conn)
+{
+	struct iscsi_cmd *cmd, *tmp;
+	static LIST_HEAD(drop_cmd_list);
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&conn->cmd_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(cmd, tmp, &conn->conn_cmd_list, i_conn_node) {
+		if ((cmd->cmd_flags & ICF_NON_IMMEDIATE_UNSOLICITED_DATA) &&
+		    (cmd->write_data_done < conn->sess->sess_ops->FirstBurstLength) &&
+		    (cmd->write_data_done < cmd->se_cmd.data_length))
+			list_move_tail(&cmd->i_conn_node, &drop_cmd_list);
+	}
+	spin_unlock_bh(&conn->cmd_lock);
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(cmd, tmp, &drop_cmd_list, i_conn_node) {
+		list_del_init(&cmd->i_conn_node);
+		if (cmd->i_state != ISTATE_REMOVE) {
+			struct isert_cmd *isert_cmd = iscsit_priv_cmd(cmd);
+
+			isert_info("conn %p dropping cmd %p\n", conn, cmd);
+			isert_put_cmd(isert_cmd, true);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static void isert_wait_conn(struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 {
 	struct isert_conn *isert_conn = conn->context;
@@ -3370,8 +3405,9 @@ static void isert_wait_conn(struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 	isert_conn_terminate(isert_conn);
 	mutex_unlock(&isert_conn->mutex);
 
-	isert_wait4cmds(conn);
 	isert_wait4flush(isert_conn);
+	isert_put_unsol_pending_cmds(conn);
+	isert_wait4cmds(conn);
 	isert_wait4logout(isert_conn);
 
 	queue_work(isert_release_wq, &isert_conn->release_work);