diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index 7787c527aad3..74d3a4896588 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -735,8 +735,14 @@ struct se_device *target_alloc_device(struct se_hba *hba, const char *name)
 
 	dev->queue_cnt = nr_cpu_ids;
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->queue_cnt; i++) {
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->queues[i].state_list);
-		spin_lock_init(&dev->queues[i].lock);
+		struct se_device_queue *q;
+
+		q = &dev->queues[i];
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->state_list);
+		spin_lock_init(&q->lock);
+
+		init_llist_head(&q->sq.cmd_list);
+		INIT_WORK(&q->sq.work, target_queued_submit_work);
 	}
 
 	dev->se_hba = hba;
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
index e7b3c6e5d574..56f841fd7f04 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ void	target_qf_do_work(struct work_struct *work);
 bool	target_check_wce(struct se_device *dev);
 bool	target_check_fua(struct se_device *dev);
 void	__target_execute_cmd(struct se_cmd *, bool);
+void	target_queued_submit_work(struct work_struct *work);
 
 /* target_core_stat.c */
 void	target_stat_setup_dev_default_groups(struct se_device *);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 4723cc6abf61..d782d3a0f9d5 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <trace/events/target.h>
 
 static struct workqueue_struct *target_completion_wq;
+static struct workqueue_struct *target_submission_wq;
 static struct kmem_cache *se_sess_cache;
 struct kmem_cache *se_ua_cache;
 struct kmem_cache *t10_pr_reg_cache;
@@ -129,8 +130,15 @@ int init_se_kmem_caches(void)
 	if (!target_completion_wq)
 		goto out_free_lba_map_mem_cache;
 
+	target_submission_wq = alloc_workqueue("target_submission",
+					       WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	if (!target_submission_wq)
+		goto out_free_completion_wq;
+
 	return 0;
 
+out_free_completion_wq:
+	destroy_workqueue(target_completion_wq);
 out_free_lba_map_mem_cache:
 	kmem_cache_destroy(t10_alua_lba_map_mem_cache);
 out_free_lba_map_cache:
@@ -153,6 +161,7 @@ int init_se_kmem_caches(void)
 
 void release_se_kmem_caches(void)
 {
+	destroy_workqueue(target_submission_wq);
 	destroy_workqueue(target_completion_wq);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(se_sess_cache);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(se_ua_cache);
@@ -1380,7 +1389,6 @@ void __target_init_cmd(
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cmd->se_delayed_node);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cmd->se_qf_node);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cmd->se_cmd_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cmd->state_list);
 	init_completion(&cmd->t_transport_stop_comp);
 	cmd->free_compl = NULL;
@@ -1788,6 +1796,38 @@ void target_submit_cmd(struct se_cmd *se_cmd, struct se_session *se_sess,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(target_submit_cmd);
 
+void target_queued_submit_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct se_cmd_queue *sq = container_of(work, struct se_cmd_queue, work);
+	struct se_cmd *se_cmd, *next_cmd;
+	struct llist_node *cmd_list;
+
+	cmd_list = llist_del_all(&sq->cmd_list);
+	if (!cmd_list)
+		/* Previous call took what we were queued to submit */
+		return;
+
+	cmd_list = llist_reverse_order(cmd_list);
+	llist_for_each_entry_safe(se_cmd, next_cmd, cmd_list, se_cmd_list)
+		target_submit(se_cmd);
+}
+
+/**
+ * target_queue_submission - queue the cmd to run on the LIO workqueue
+ * @se_cmd: command descriptor to submit
+ */
+void target_queue_submission(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
+{
+	struct se_device *se_dev = se_cmd->se_dev;
+	int cpu = se_cmd->cpuid;
+	struct se_cmd_queue *sq;
+
+	sq = &se_dev->queues[cpu].sq;
+	llist_add(&se_cmd->se_cmd_list, &sq->cmd_list);
+	queue_work_on(cpu, target_submission_wq, &sq->work);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(target_queue_submission);
+
 static void target_complete_tmr_failure(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct se_cmd *se_cmd = container_of(work, struct se_cmd, work);
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index 63dd12124139..815de4c97230 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ struct se_cmd {
 	/* Only used for internal passthrough and legacy TCM fabric modules */
 	struct se_session	*se_sess;
 	struct se_tmr_req	*se_tmr_req;
-	struct list_head	se_cmd_list;
+	struct llist_node	se_cmd_list;
 	struct completion	*free_compl;
 	struct completion	*abrt_compl;
 	const struct target_core_fabric_ops *se_tfo;
@@ -764,9 +764,15 @@ struct se_dev_stat_grps {
 	struct config_group scsi_lu_group;
 };
 
+struct se_cmd_queue {
+	struct llist_head	cmd_list;
+	struct work_struct	work;
+};
+
 struct se_device_queue {
 	struct list_head	state_list;
 	spinlock_t		lock;
+	struct se_cmd_queue	sq;
 };
 
 struct se_device {
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_fabric.h b/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
index 0543ab107723..3c5ade7a04a6 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ sense_reason_t target_cmd_init_cdb(struct se_cmd *se_cmd, unsigned char *cdb,
 sense_reason_t target_cmd_parse_cdb(struct se_cmd *);
 void	target_submit_cmd(struct se_cmd *, struct se_session *, unsigned char *,
 		unsigned char *, u64, u32, int, int, int);
+void	target_queue_submission(struct se_cmd *se_cmd);
+
 int	target_submit_tmr(struct se_cmd *se_cmd, struct se_session *se_sess,
 		unsigned char *sense, u64 unpacked_lun,
 		void *fabric_tmr_ptr, unsigned char tm_type,
