diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index 012ff8bab0f8e4b8e569e7317a012e769d43a576..981f5a5479fd86cf744e73389bf8a224fcb628e0 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,6 @@ int iscsit_process_scsi_cmd(struct iscsi_conn *conn, struct iscsi_cmd *cmd,
 		if (cmd->reject_reason)
 			return 0;
 
-		target_put_sess_cmd(conn->sess->se_sess, &cmd->se_cmd);
 		return 1;
 	}
 	/*
@@ -1124,14 +1123,10 @@ after_immediate_data:
 		 */
 		cmdsn_ret = iscsit_sequence_cmd(cmd->conn, cmd,
 					(unsigned char *)hdr, hdr->cmdsn);
-		if (cmdsn_ret == CMDSN_ERROR_CANNOT_RECOVER) {
+		if (cmdsn_ret == CMDSN_ERROR_CANNOT_RECOVER)
 			return -1;
-		} else if (cmdsn_ret == CMDSN_LOWER_THAN_EXP) {
-			target_put_sess_cmd(conn->sess->se_sess, &cmd->se_cmd);
-			return 0;
-		}
 
-		if (cmd->sense_reason) {
+		if (cmd->sense_reason || cmdsn_ret == CMDSN_LOWER_THAN_EXP) {
 			int rc;
 
 			rc = iscsit_dump_data_payload(cmd->conn,