diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
index 9ab7090f7c839c6900cb30ddf7db1b8be4bc78cf..0912de7c0cf8f3ade048de694b4e75f77fe27acd 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int	init_se_kmem_caches(void);
 void	release_se_kmem_caches(void);
 u32	scsi_get_new_index(scsi_index_t);
 void	transport_subsystem_check_init(void);
-void	transport_cmd_finish_abort(struct se_cmd *, int);
+int	transport_cmd_finish_abort(struct se_cmd *, int);
 unsigned char *transport_dump_cmd_direction(struct se_cmd *);
 void	transport_dump_dev_state(struct se_device *, char *, int *);
 void	transport_dump_dev_info(struct se_device *, struct se_lun *,
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c b/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
index dce1e1b47316173329292f90276843d26d32407b..13f47bf4d16b1d790ab470b92127254835e76078 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void core_tmr_release_req(struct se_tmr_req *tmr)
 	kfree(tmr);
 }
 
-static void core_tmr_handle_tas_abort(struct se_cmd *cmd, int tas)
+static int core_tmr_handle_tas_abort(struct se_cmd *cmd, int tas)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	bool remove = true, send_tas;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static void core_tmr_handle_tas_abort(struct se_cmd *cmd, int tas)
 		transport_send_task_abort(cmd);
 	}
 
-	transport_cmd_finish_abort(cmd, remove);
+	return transport_cmd_finish_abort(cmd, remove);
 }
 
 static int target_check_cdb_and_preempt(struct list_head *list,
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ void core_tmr_abort_task(
 		cancel_work_sync(&se_cmd->work);
 		transport_wait_for_tasks(se_cmd);
 
-		transport_cmd_finish_abort(se_cmd, true);
-		target_put_sess_cmd(se_cmd);
+		if (!transport_cmd_finish_abort(se_cmd, true))
+			target_put_sess_cmd(se_cmd);
 
 		printk("ABORT_TASK: Sending TMR_FUNCTION_COMPLETE for"
 				" ref_tag: %llu\n", ref_tag);
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ static void core_tmr_drain_tmr_list(
 		cancel_work_sync(&cmd->work);
 		transport_wait_for_tasks(cmd);
 
-		transport_cmd_finish_abort(cmd, 1);
-		target_put_sess_cmd(cmd);
+		if (!transport_cmd_finish_abort(cmd, 1))
+			target_put_sess_cmd(cmd);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ static void core_tmr_drain_state_list(
 		cancel_work_sync(&cmd->work);
 		transport_wait_for_tasks(cmd);
 
-		core_tmr_handle_tas_abort(cmd, tas);
-		target_put_sess_cmd(cmd);
+		if (!core_tmr_handle_tas_abort(cmd, tas))
+			target_put_sess_cmd(cmd);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 6025935036c976edeeee0d7a91df79a66aa84a2b..f1b3a46bdcaffaf8a301569ef7e328ad2c47087f 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -651,9 +651,10 @@ static void transport_lun_remove_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 		percpu_ref_put(&lun->lun_ref);
 }
 
-void transport_cmd_finish_abort(struct se_cmd *cmd, int remove)
+int transport_cmd_finish_abort(struct se_cmd *cmd, int remove)
 {
 	bool ack_kref = (cmd->se_cmd_flags & SCF_ACK_KREF);
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (cmd->se_cmd_flags & SCF_SE_LUN_CMD)
 		transport_lun_remove_cmd(cmd);
@@ -665,9 +666,11 @@ void transport_cmd_finish_abort(struct se_cmd *cmd, int remove)
 		cmd->se_tfo->aborted_task(cmd);
 
 	if (transport_cmd_check_stop_to_fabric(cmd))
-		return;
+		return 1;
 	if (remove && ack_kref)
-		transport_put_cmd(cmd);
+		ret = transport_put_cmd(cmd);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void target_complete_failure_work(struct work_struct *work)