diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 104bf3b45a01b4c7602f4a2da33d830b9ef57700..1775bda6c43c25ce2ba870353c492e93145a1846 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -1688,6 +1688,7 @@ void target_execute_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 	}
 
 	cmd->t_state = TRANSPORT_PROCESSING;
+	cmd->transport_state |= CMD_T_ACTIVE;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&cmd->t_state_lock);
 
 	if (!target_handle_task_attr(cmd))