diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
index 30fcf69e1a1d..23e5d7847a1a 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ 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_uninit_session(struct se_session *);
 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_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 60fbebe8c675..314e384f4ee6 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -271,24 +271,14 @@ static void target_free_cmd_counter(struct target_cmd_counter *cmd_cnt)
  *
  * The caller must have zero-initialized @se_sess before calling this function.
  */
-int transport_init_session(struct se_session *se_sess)
+void transport_init_session(struct se_session *se_sess)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&se_sess->sess_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&se_sess->sess_acl_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock);
-	se_sess->cmd_cnt = target_alloc_cmd_counter();
-	if (!se_sess->cmd_cnt)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	return  0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(transport_init_session);
 
-void transport_uninit_session(struct se_session *se_sess)
-{
-	target_free_cmd_counter(se_sess->cmd_cnt);
-}
-
 /**
  * transport_alloc_session - allocate a session object and initialize it
  * @sup_prot_ops: bitmask that defines which T10-PI modes are supported.
@@ -296,7 +286,6 @@ void transport_uninit_session(struct se_session *se_sess)
 struct se_session *transport_alloc_session(enum target_prot_op sup_prot_ops)
 {
 	struct se_session *se_sess;
-	int ret;
 
 	se_sess = kmem_cache_zalloc(se_sess_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!se_sess) {
@@ -304,11 +293,7 @@ struct se_session *transport_alloc_session(enum target_prot_op sup_prot_ops)
 				" se_sess_cache\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
-	ret = transport_init_session(se_sess);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		kmem_cache_free(se_sess_cache, se_sess);
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
-	}
+	transport_init_session(se_sess);
 	se_sess->sup_prot_ops = sup_prot_ops;
 
 	return se_sess;
@@ -474,8 +459,13 @@ target_setup_session(struct se_portal_group *tpg,
 		     int (*callback)(struct se_portal_group *,
 				     struct se_session *, void *))
 {
+	struct target_cmd_counter *cmd_cnt;
 	struct se_session *sess;
+	int rc;
 
+	cmd_cnt = target_alloc_cmd_counter();
+	if (!cmd_cnt)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	/*
 	 * If the fabric driver is using percpu-ida based pre allocation
 	 * of I/O descriptor tags, go ahead and perform that setup now..
@@ -485,29 +475,36 @@ target_setup_session(struct se_portal_group *tpg,
 	else
 		sess = transport_alloc_session(prot_op);
 
-	if (IS_ERR(sess))
-		return sess;
+	if (IS_ERR(sess)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(sess);
+		goto free_cnt;
+	}
+	sess->cmd_cnt = cmd_cnt;
 
 	sess->se_node_acl = core_tpg_check_initiator_node_acl(tpg,
 					(unsigned char *)initiatorname);
 	if (!sess->se_node_acl) {
-		transport_free_session(sess);
-		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+		rc = -EACCES;
+		goto free_sess;
 	}
 	/*
 	 * Go ahead and perform any remaining fabric setup that is
 	 * required before transport_register_session().
 	 */
 	if (callback != NULL) {
-		int rc = callback(tpg, sess, private);
-		if (rc) {
-			transport_free_session(sess);
-			return ERR_PTR(rc);
-		}
+		rc = callback(tpg, sess, private);
+		if (rc)
+			goto free_sess;
 	}
 
 	transport_register_session(tpg, sess->se_node_acl, sess, private);
 	return sess;
+
+free_sess:
+	transport_free_session(sess);
+free_cnt:
+	target_free_cmd_counter(cmd_cnt);
+	return ERR_PTR(rc);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(target_setup_session);
 
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c b/drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c
index 49eaee022ef1..49a83500c8b7 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c
@@ -461,8 +461,6 @@ static const struct target_core_fabric_ops xcopy_pt_tfo = {
 
 int target_xcopy_setup_pt(void)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	xcopy_wq = alloc_workqueue("xcopy_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!xcopy_wq) {
 		pr_err("Unable to allocate xcopy_wq\n");
@@ -479,9 +477,7 @@ int target_xcopy_setup_pt(void)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xcopy_pt_nacl.acl_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xcopy_pt_nacl.acl_sess_list);
 	memset(&xcopy_pt_sess, 0, sizeof(struct se_session));
-	ret = transport_init_session(&xcopy_pt_sess);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto destroy_wq;
+	transport_init_session(&xcopy_pt_sess);
 
 	xcopy_pt_nacl.se_tpg = &xcopy_pt_tpg;
 	xcopy_pt_nacl.nacl_sess = &xcopy_pt_sess;
@@ -490,19 +486,12 @@ int target_xcopy_setup_pt(void)
 	xcopy_pt_sess.se_node_acl = &xcopy_pt_nacl;
 
 	return 0;
-
-destroy_wq:
-	destroy_workqueue(xcopy_wq);
-	xcopy_wq = NULL;
-	return ret;
 }
 
 void target_xcopy_release_pt(void)
 {
-	if (xcopy_wq) {
+	if (xcopy_wq)
 		destroy_workqueue(xcopy_wq);
-		transport_uninit_session(&xcopy_pt_sess);
-	}
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_fabric.h b/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
index 38f0662476d1..ff2ff7703aa6 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ struct se_session *target_setup_session(struct se_portal_group *,
 				struct se_session *, void *));
 void target_remove_session(struct se_session *);
 
-int transport_init_session(struct se_session *se_sess);
+void transport_init_session(struct se_session *se_sess);
 struct se_session *transport_alloc_session(enum target_prot_op);
 int transport_alloc_session_tags(struct se_session *, unsigned int,
 		unsigned int);
