diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c b/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c
index f5e330099bfca713f4cb12bd2dc77826fdad1b3b..a41bbb8087cf249ff8af032fdffa3183efe0e010 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ target_alua_state_check(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 
 	if (dev->se_hba->hba_flags & HBA_FLAGS_INTERNAL_USE)
 		return 0;
-	if (dev->transport->transport_flags & TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH)
+	if (dev->transport->transport_flags & TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH_ALUA)
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ ssize_t core_alua_store_tg_pt_gp_info(
 	unsigned char buf[TG_PT_GROUP_NAME_BUF];
 	int move = 0;
 
-	if (dev->transport->transport_flags & TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH ||
+	if (dev->transport->transport_flags & TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH_ALUA ||
 	    (dev->se_hba->hba_flags & HBA_FLAGS_INTERNAL_USE))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
@@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@ ssize_t core_alua_store_offline_bit(
 	unsigned long tmp;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (dev->transport->transport_flags & TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH ||
+	if (dev->transport->transport_flags & TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH_ALUA ||
 	    (dev->se_hba->hba_flags & HBA_FLAGS_INTERNAL_USE))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
@@ -2316,7 +2316,8 @@ ssize_t core_alua_store_secondary_write_metadata(
 
 int core_setup_alua(struct se_device *dev)
 {
-	if (!(dev->transport->transport_flags & TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH) &&
+	if (!(dev->transport->transport_flags &
+	     TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH_ALUA) &&
 	    !(dev->se_hba->hba_flags & HBA_FLAGS_INTERNAL_USE)) {
 		struct t10_alua_lu_gp_member *lu_gp_mem;
 
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c b/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
index 44d92f23a3f054a89752c6d600ed509f04687267..94cda7991e80abbffb32941c8d8f5cfcbd262e3f 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,8 @@ static void pscsi_req_done(struct request *req, int uptodate)
 static const struct target_backend_ops pscsi_ops = {
 	.name			= "pscsi",
 	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
-	.transport_flags	= TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH,
+	.transport_flags	= TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH |
+				  TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH_ALUA,
 	.attach_hba		= pscsi_attach_hba,
 	.detach_hba		= pscsi_detach_hba,
 	.pmode_enable_hba	= pscsi_pmode_enable_hba,
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c b/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
index c0dbfa0165750523e552b93fdbb0c64c94cdab2d..6fb191914f458f7889508652e19b860355387491 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
@@ -602,7 +602,8 @@ int core_tpg_add_lun(
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_kill_ref;
 
-	if (!(dev->transport->transport_flags & TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH) &&
+	if (!(dev->transport->transport_flags &
+	     TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH_ALUA) &&
 	    !(dev->se_hba->hba_flags & HBA_FLAGS_INTERNAL_USE))
 		target_attach_tg_pt_gp(lun, dev->t10_alua.default_tg_pt_gp);
 
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_backend.h b/include/target/target_core_backend.h
index b54b98dc2d4a77681dd3ecf883d75e062589ee8c..1b0f447ce850f015e64dd27e47751fe945cbb2ec 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_backend.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_backend.h
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <target/target_core_base.h>
 
-#define TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH		1
+#define TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH		0x1
+/*
+ * ALUA commands, state checks and setup operations are handled by the
+ * backend module.
+ */
+#define TRANSPORT_FLAG_PASSTHROUGH_ALUA		0x2
 
 struct request_queue;
 struct scatterlist;