diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
index 41b8192d207d00847cb68fa2abe9ba34f7cee0ed..41023fc4bf2dcbf9bc1e6fcb05d306eca777ba4d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
@@ -3089,9 +3089,10 @@ fail_mgmt_tasks(struct iscsi_session *session, struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 	}
 }
 
-static void iscsi_start_session_recovery(struct iscsi_session *session,
-					 struct iscsi_conn *conn, int flag)
+void iscsi_conn_stop(struct iscsi_cls_conn *cls_conn, int flag)
 {
+	struct iscsi_conn *conn = cls_conn->dd_data;
+	struct iscsi_session *session = conn->session;
 	int old_stop_stage;
 
 	mutex_lock(&session->eh_mutex);
@@ -3149,27 +3150,6 @@ static void iscsi_start_session_recovery(struct iscsi_session *session,
 	spin_unlock_bh(&session->frwd_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&session->eh_mutex);
 }
-
-void iscsi_conn_stop(struct iscsi_cls_conn *cls_conn, int flag)
-{
-	struct iscsi_conn *conn = cls_conn->dd_data;
-	struct iscsi_session *session = conn->session;
-
-	switch (flag) {
-	case STOP_CONN_RECOVER:
-		cls_conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_FAILED;
-		break;
-	case STOP_CONN_TERM:
-		cls_conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_DOWN;
-		break;
-	default:
-		iscsi_conn_printk(KERN_ERR, conn,
-				  "invalid stop flag %d\n", flag);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	iscsi_start_session_recovery(session, conn, flag);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_conn_stop);
 
 int iscsi_conn_bind(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
index f648452d8d668073e0ed45e7d3701570b80d3361..505c06f306dfc4f34f4a9759b60c5e31652e3164 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
@@ -2477,10 +2477,22 @@ static void iscsi_if_stop_conn(struct iscsi_cls_conn *conn, int flag)
 	 * it works.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&conn_mutex);
+	switch (flag) {
+	case STOP_CONN_RECOVER:
+		conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_FAILED;
+		break;
+	case STOP_CONN_TERM:
+		conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_DOWN;
+		break;
+	default:
+		iscsi_cls_conn_printk(KERN_ERR, conn,
+				      "invalid stop flag %d\n", flag);
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
 	conn->transport->stop_conn(conn, flag);
-	conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_DOWN;
+unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&conn_mutex);
-
 }
 
 static void stop_conn_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -2971,7 +2983,7 @@ static int iscsi_if_ep_disconnect(struct iscsi_transport *transport,
 		mutex_lock(&conn->ep_mutex);
 		conn->ep = NULL;
 		mutex_unlock(&conn->ep_mutex);
-		conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_DOWN;
+		conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_FAILED;
 	}
 
 	transport->ep_disconnect(ep);