diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
index 0cd78b1d1aaaed385133eb242464f2ef795b4b49..579eecfd186e5fb43091d3345280a158c91d01b0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
@@ -3267,7 +3267,7 @@ iscsi_session_create(struct scsi_transport_template *scsit,
 	session = iscsi_hostdata(shost->hostdata);
 	memset(session, 0, sizeof(struct iscsi_session));
 	session->host = shost;
-	session->state = ISCSI_STATE_LOGGED_IN;
+	session->state = ISCSI_STATE_FREE;
 	session->mgmtpool_max = ISCSI_MGMT_CMDS_MAX;
 	session->cmds_max = ISCSI_XMIT_CMDS_MAX;
 	session->cmdsn = initial_cmdsn;