diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
index 550ff66ba9ecbd0057cb6a7d236535cd610c902f..cd1491e5236153c4ea491e9148560d8e7cb06452 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
@@ -2559,6 +2559,7 @@ iscsi_conn_destroy(iscsi_connh_t connh)
 {
 	struct iscsi_conn *conn = iscsi_ptr(connh);
 	struct iscsi_session *session = conn->session;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	mutex_lock(&conn->xmitmutex);
 	set_bit(SUSPEND_BIT, &conn->suspend_tx);
@@ -2598,12 +2599,12 @@ iscsi_conn_destroy(iscsi_connh_t connh)
 	 * time out or fail.
 	 */
 	for (;;) {
-		spin_lock_bh(&conn->lock);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(session->host->host_lock, flags);
 		if (!session->host->host_busy) { /* OK for ERL == 0 */
-			spin_unlock_bh(&conn->lock);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(session->host->host_lock, flags);
 			break;
 		}
-		spin_unlock_bh(&conn->lock);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(session->host->host_lock, flags);
 		msleep_interruptible(500);
 		printk("conn_destroy(): host_busy %d host_failed %d\n",
 			session->host->host_busy, session->host->host_failed);