diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
index b5212f0f9571b5ce85c5c2413baac8f7d900b58a..adf419fa429189ceca94d04782221fc34de23b6c 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
@@ -1371,8 +1371,9 @@ static int __iscsi_target_login_thread(struct iscsi_np *np)
 	}
 	login->zero_tsih = zero_tsih;
 
-	conn->sess->se_sess->sup_prot_ops =
-		conn->conn_transport->iscsit_get_sup_prot_ops(conn);
+	if (conn->sess)
+		conn->sess->se_sess->sup_prot_ops =
+			conn->conn_transport->iscsit_get_sup_prot_ops(conn);
 
 	tpg = conn->tpg;
 	if (!tpg) {