diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
index bbf2ca613daeb48f046312a92d8e46fc8b43751f..176842a869f178e2c1714175fbead91e8720d493 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
@@ -3104,8 +3104,8 @@ void iscsi_conn_teardown(struct iscsi_cls_conn *cls_conn)
 {
 	struct iscsi_conn *conn = cls_conn->dd_data;
 	struct iscsi_session *session = conn->session;
-	char *tmp_persistent_address = conn->persistent_address;
-	char *tmp_local_ipaddr = conn->local_ipaddr;
+
+	iscsi_remove_conn(cls_conn);
 
 	del_timer_sync(&conn->transport_timer);
 
@@ -3127,6 +3127,8 @@ void iscsi_conn_teardown(struct iscsi_cls_conn *cls_conn)
 	spin_lock_bh(&session->frwd_lock);
 	free_pages((unsigned long) conn->data,
 		   get_order(ISCSI_DEF_MAX_RECV_SEG_LEN));
+	kfree(conn->persistent_address);
+	kfree(conn->local_ipaddr);
 	/* regular RX path uses back_lock */
 	spin_lock_bh(&session->back_lock);
 	kfifo_in(&session->cmdpool.queue, (void*)&conn->login_task,
@@ -3137,9 +3139,7 @@ void iscsi_conn_teardown(struct iscsi_cls_conn *cls_conn)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&session->frwd_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&session->eh_mutex);
 
-	iscsi_destroy_conn(cls_conn);
-	kfree(tmp_persistent_address);
-	kfree(tmp_local_ipaddr);
+	iscsi_put_conn(cls_conn);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_conn_teardown);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
index b5a8d274dec8b0c82e78689c534a24d9784cc9ef..a213362524c9000abb70dae37651889db0f8aabd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
@@ -2168,7 +2168,11 @@ static int iscsi_iter_destroy_conn_fn(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
 	if (!iscsi_is_conn_dev(dev))
 		return 0;
-	return iscsi_destroy_conn(iscsi_dev_to_conn(dev));
+
+	iscsi_remove_conn(iscsi_dev_to_conn(dev));
+	iscsi_put_conn(iscsi_dev_to_conn(dev));
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void iscsi_remove_session(struct iscsi_cls_session *session)