diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index d96d9aa3a4960e4b1656ba75f3d95b278de67e46..c33baff86aa699deacd04bd873e3c31fa5569cf5 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -1539,6 +1539,27 @@ int target_submit_cmd_map_sgls(struct se_cmd *se_cmd, struct se_session *se_sess
 	if (sgl_count != 0) {
 		BUG_ON(!sgl);
 
+		/*
+		 * A work-around for tcm_loop as some userspace code via
+		 * scsi-generic do not memset their associated read buffers,
+		 * so go ahead and do that here for type non-data CDBs.  Also
+		 * note that this is currently guaranteed to be a single SGL
+		 * for this case by target core in target_setup_cmd_from_cdb()
+		 * -> transport_generic_cmd_sequencer().
+		 */
+		if (!(se_cmd->se_cmd_flags & SCF_SCSI_DATA_CDB) &&
+		     se_cmd->data_direction == DMA_FROM_DEVICE) {
+			unsigned char *buf = NULL;
+
+			if (sgl)
+				buf = kmap(sg_page(sgl)) + sgl->offset;
+
+			if (buf) {
+				memset(buf, 0, sgl->length);
+				kunmap(sg_page(sgl));
+			}
+		}
+
 		rc = transport_generic_map_mem_to_cmd(se_cmd, sgl, sgl_count,
 				sgl_bidi, sgl_bidi_count);
 		if (rc != 0) {