diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index 981f5a5479fd86cf744e73389bf8a224fcb628e0..4c1b8dbdcb36566574144c5d59d43a6ed16a2d07 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -1536,6 +1536,10 @@ int iscsit_handle_nop_out(struct iscsi_conn *conn, struct iscsi_cmd *cmd,
 	if (hdr->itt == RESERVED_ITT && !(hdr->opcode & ISCSI_OP_IMMEDIATE)) {
 		pr_err("NOPOUT ITT is reserved, but Immediate Bit is"
 			" not set, protocol error.\n");
+		if (!cmd)
+			return iscsit_add_reject(conn, ISCSI_REASON_PROTOCOL_ERROR,
+						 (unsigned char *)hdr);
+
 		return iscsit_reject_cmd(cmd, ISCSI_REASON_PROTOCOL_ERROR,
 					 (unsigned char *)hdr);
 	}
@@ -1545,6 +1549,10 @@ int iscsit_handle_nop_out(struct iscsi_conn *conn, struct iscsi_cmd *cmd,
 			" greater than MaxXmitDataSegmentLength: %u, protocol"
 			" error.\n", payload_length,
 			conn->conn_ops->MaxXmitDataSegmentLength);
+		if (!cmd)
+			return iscsit_add_reject(conn, ISCSI_REASON_PROTOCOL_ERROR,
+						 (unsigned char *)hdr);
+
 		return iscsit_reject_cmd(cmd, ISCSI_REASON_PROTOCOL_ERROR,
 					 (unsigned char *)hdr);
 	}