diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
index ffdc54b2922941df29cdae4e5380035fa596be17..ee5d7c219b51210ec884796933425c0943d5e93b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,6 @@ void iscsi_session_failure(struct iscsi_session *session,
 			   enum iscsi_err err)
 {
 	struct iscsi_conn *conn;
-	struct device *dev;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&session->frwd_lock);
 	conn = session->leadconn;
@@ -1427,10 +1426,8 @@ void iscsi_session_failure(struct iscsi_session *session,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	dev = get_device(&conn->cls_conn->dev);
+	iscsi_get_conn(conn->cls_conn);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&session->frwd_lock);
-	if (!dev)
-	        return;
 	/*
 	 * if the host is being removed bypass the connection
 	 * recovery initialization because we are going to kill
@@ -1440,7 +1437,7 @@ void iscsi_session_failure(struct iscsi_session *session,
 		iscsi_conn_error_event(conn->cls_conn, err);
 	else
 		iscsi_conn_failure(conn, err);
-	put_device(dev);
+	iscsi_put_conn(conn->cls_conn);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_session_failure);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
index 9b636dbd5b8f6929b4ae49591303f4bdcb7a6bca..295517c77d58c5b38bf43330981d38586118fada 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
@@ -2315,6 +2315,18 @@ int iscsi_destroy_conn(struct iscsi_cls_conn *conn)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_destroy_conn);
 
+void iscsi_put_conn(struct iscsi_cls_conn *conn)
+{
+	put_device(&conn->dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_put_conn);
+
+void iscsi_get_conn(struct iscsi_cls_conn *conn)
+{
+	get_device(&conn->dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_get_conn);
+
 /*
  * iscsi interface functions
  */
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h
index 7de0bf6a9b6012397123fa12cf5c8016824dc8f4..240d1a03a5f4bdd30e2f5d14edf248a2c05a15f8 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ extern void iscsi_remove_session(struct iscsi_cls_session *session);
 extern void iscsi_free_session(struct iscsi_cls_session *session);
 extern struct iscsi_cls_conn *iscsi_create_conn(struct iscsi_cls_session *sess,
 						int dd_size, uint32_t cid);
+extern void iscsi_put_conn(struct iscsi_cls_conn *conn);
+extern void iscsi_get_conn(struct iscsi_cls_conn *conn);
 extern int iscsi_destroy_conn(struct iscsi_cls_conn *conn);
 extern void iscsi_unblock_session(struct iscsi_cls_session *session);
 extern void iscsi_block_session(struct iscsi_cls_session *session);