diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index b71a69750607e7abfbdc4f526d789795ce59aed6..5b07fd156bd704cef22be01a67eb0bba6d79e0f3 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 static LIST_HEAD(g_tiqn_list);
 static LIST_HEAD(g_np_list);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tiqn_lock);
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(np_lock);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(np_lock);
 
 static struct idr tiqn_idr;
 struct idr sess_idr;
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ bool iscsit_check_np_match(
 	return false;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Called with mutex np_lock held
+ */
 static struct iscsi_np *iscsit_get_np(
 	struct __kernel_sockaddr_storage *sockaddr,
 	int network_transport)
@@ -310,11 +313,10 @@ static struct iscsi_np *iscsit_get_np(
 	struct iscsi_np *np;
 	bool match;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&np_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(np, &g_np_list, np_list) {
-		spin_lock(&np->np_thread_lock);
+		spin_lock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
 		if (np->np_thread_state != ISCSI_NP_THREAD_ACTIVE) {
-			spin_unlock(&np->np_thread_lock);
+			spin_unlock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -326,13 +328,11 @@ static struct iscsi_np *iscsit_get_np(
 			 * while iscsi_tpg_add_network_portal() is called.
 			 */
 			np->np_exports++;
-			spin_unlock(&np->np_thread_lock);
-			spin_unlock_bh(&np_lock);
+			spin_unlock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
 			return np;
 		}
-		spin_unlock(&np->np_thread_lock);
+		spin_unlock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(&np_lock);
 
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -346,16 +346,22 @@ struct iscsi_np *iscsit_add_np(
 	struct sockaddr_in6 *sock_in6;
 	struct iscsi_np *np;
 	int ret;
+
+	mutex_lock(&np_lock);
+
 	/*
 	 * Locate the existing struct iscsi_np if already active..
 	 */
 	np = iscsit_get_np(sockaddr, network_transport);
-	if (np)
+	if (np) {
+		mutex_unlock(&np_lock);
 		return np;
+	}
 
 	np = kzalloc(sizeof(struct iscsi_np), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!np) {
 		pr_err("Unable to allocate memory for struct iscsi_np\n");
+		mutex_unlock(&np_lock);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
@@ -378,6 +384,7 @@ struct iscsi_np *iscsit_add_np(
 	ret = iscsi_target_setup_login_socket(np, sockaddr);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		kfree(np);
+		mutex_unlock(&np_lock);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 
@@ -386,6 +393,7 @@ struct iscsi_np *iscsit_add_np(
 		pr_err("Unable to create kthread: iscsi_np\n");
 		ret = PTR_ERR(np->np_thread);
 		kfree(np);
+		mutex_unlock(&np_lock);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 	/*
@@ -396,10 +404,10 @@ struct iscsi_np *iscsit_add_np(
 	 * point because iscsi_np has not been added to g_np_list yet.
 	 */
 	np->np_exports = 1;
+	np->np_thread_state = ISCSI_NP_THREAD_ACTIVE;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&np_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&np->np_list, &g_np_list);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&np_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&np_lock);
 
 	pr_debug("CORE[0] - Added Network Portal: %s:%hu on %s\n",
 		np->np_ip, np->np_port, np->np_transport->name);
@@ -469,9 +477,9 @@ int iscsit_del_np(struct iscsi_np *np)
 
 	np->np_transport->iscsit_free_np(np);
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&np_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&np_lock);
 	list_del(&np->np_list);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&np_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&np_lock);
 
 	pr_debug("CORE[0] - Removed Network Portal: %s:%hu on %s\n",
 		np->np_ip, np->np_port, np->np_transport->name);