diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
index b360a1527cd1..600059d8a3a7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
@@ -2501,17 +2501,6 @@ isert_wait4logout(struct isert_conn *isert_conn)
 	}
 }
 
-static void
-isert_wait4cmds(struct iscsit_conn *conn)
-{
-	isert_info("iscsit_conn %p\n", conn);
-
-	if (conn->sess) {
-		target_stop_session(conn->sess->se_sess);
-		target_wait_for_sess_cmds(conn->sess->se_sess);
-	}
-}
-
 /**
  * isert_put_unsol_pending_cmds() - Drop commands waiting for
  *     unsolicitate dataout
@@ -2559,7 +2548,7 @@ static void isert_wait_conn(struct iscsit_conn *conn)
 
 	ib_drain_qp(isert_conn->qp);
 	isert_put_unsol_pending_cmds(conn);
-	isert_wait4cmds(conn);
+	target_wait_for_cmds(conn->cmd_cnt);
 	isert_wait4logout(isert_conn);
 
 	queue_work(isert_release_wq, &isert_conn->release_work);
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index 7a8ffdf33bee..1c3470e4b50c 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -4221,7 +4221,8 @@ static void iscsit_release_commands_from_conn(struct iscsit_conn *conn)
 
 		if (se_cmd->se_tfo != NULL) {
 			spin_lock_irq(&se_cmd->t_state_lock);
-			if (se_cmd->transport_state & CMD_T_ABORTED) {
+			if (se_cmd->transport_state & CMD_T_ABORTED &&
+			    !(se_cmd->transport_state & CMD_T_TAS)) {
 				/*
 				 * LIO's abort path owns the cleanup for this,
 				 * so put it back on the list and let
@@ -4244,6 +4245,14 @@ static void iscsit_release_commands_from_conn(struct iscsit_conn *conn)
 		iscsit_free_cmd(cmd, true);
 
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Wait on commands that were cleaned up via the aborted_task path.
+	 * LLDs that implement iscsit_wait_conn will already have waited for
+	 * commands.
+	 */
+	if (!conn->conn_transport->iscsit_wait_conn)
+		target_wait_for_cmds(conn->cmd_cnt);
 }
 
 static void iscsit_stop_timers_for_cmds(
@@ -4304,6 +4313,8 @@ int iscsit_close_connection(
 	iscsit_stop_nopin_response_timer(conn);
 	iscsit_stop_nopin_timer(conn);
 
+	target_stop_cmd_counter(conn->cmd_cnt);
+
 	if (conn->conn_transport->iscsit_wait_conn)
 		conn->conn_transport->iscsit_wait_conn(conn);
 
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 90e3b1aef1f1..8bbf0c834b74 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -3174,13 +3174,14 @@ static void target_stop_cmd_counter_confirm(struct percpu_ref *ref)
  * target_stop_cmd_counter - Stop new IO from being added to the counter.
  * @cmd_cnt: counter to stop
  */
-static void target_stop_cmd_counter(struct target_cmd_counter *cmd_cnt)
+void target_stop_cmd_counter(struct target_cmd_counter *cmd_cnt)
 {
 	pr_debug("Stopping command counter.\n");
 	if (!atomic_cmpxchg(&cmd_cnt->stopped, 0, 1))
 		percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm(&cmd_cnt->refcnt,
 					    target_stop_cmd_counter_confirm);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(target_stop_cmd_counter);
 
 /**
  * target_stop_session - Stop new IO from being queued on the session.
@@ -3196,7 +3197,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(target_stop_session);
  * target_wait_for_cmds - Wait for outstanding cmds.
  * @cmd_cnt: counter to wait for active I/O for.
  */
-static void target_wait_for_cmds(struct target_cmd_counter *cmd_cnt)
+void target_wait_for_cmds(struct target_cmd_counter *cmd_cnt)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -3212,6 +3213,7 @@ static void target_wait_for_cmds(struct target_cmd_counter *cmd_cnt)
 	wait_for_completion(&cmd_cnt->stop_done);
 	pr_debug("Waiting for cmds done.\n");
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(target_wait_for_cmds);
 
 /**
  * target_wait_for_sess_cmds - Wait for outstanding commands
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_fabric.h b/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
index 4cbfb532a431..b188b1e90e1e 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ struct se_session *target_setup_session(struct se_portal_group *,
 				struct se_session *, void *));
 void target_remove_session(struct se_session *);
 
+void target_stop_cmd_counter(struct target_cmd_counter *cmd_cnt);
+void target_wait_for_cmds(struct target_cmd_counter *cmd_cnt);
 struct target_cmd_counter *target_alloc_cmd_counter(void);
 void target_free_cmd_counter(struct target_cmd_counter *cmd_cnt);
 
