diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_iscsi.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_iscsi.c
index 197d33381f6374f339681e45d9c47484a812b14d..9e2d01e457fb16a2eac6bf42e133e7498fdbe6d2 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_iscsi.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_iscsi.c
@@ -449,8 +449,13 @@ virStorageBackendISCSIStopPool(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                virStoragePoolObjPtr pool)
 {
     char *portal;
+    char *session;
     int ret = -1;
 
+    if ((session = virStorageBackendISCSISession(pool, true)) == NULL)
+        return 0;
+    VIR_FREE(session);
+
     if ((portal = virStorageBackendISCSIPortal(&pool->def->source)) == NULL)
         return -1;