diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index 29cfc57d496e..cd5f20f14d5a 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -1664,8 +1664,7 @@ static void vhost_scsi_port_unlink(struct se_portal_group *se_tpg,
 	mutex_unlock(&vhost_scsi_mutex);
 }
 
-static void vhost_scsi_free_cmd_map_res(struct vhost_scsi_nexus *nexus,
-				       struct se_session *se_sess)
+static void vhost_scsi_free_cmd_map_res(struct se_session *se_sess)
 {
 	struct vhost_scsi_cmd *tv_cmd;
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -1721,14 +1720,47 @@ static struct configfs_attribute *vhost_scsi_tpg_attrib_attrs[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
+static int vhost_scsi_nexus_cb(struct se_portal_group *se_tpg,
+			       struct se_session *se_sess, void *p)
+{
+	struct vhost_scsi_cmd *tv_cmd;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < VHOST_SCSI_DEFAULT_TAGS; i++) {
+		tv_cmd = &((struct vhost_scsi_cmd *)se_sess->sess_cmd_map)[i];
+
+		tv_cmd->tvc_sgl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scatterlist) *
+					VHOST_SCSI_PREALLOC_SGLS, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!tv_cmd->tvc_sgl) {
+			pr_err("Unable to allocate tv_cmd->tvc_sgl\n");
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		tv_cmd->tvc_upages = kzalloc(sizeof(struct page *) *
+				VHOST_SCSI_PREALLOC_UPAGES, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!tv_cmd->tvc_upages) {
+			pr_err("Unable to allocate tv_cmd->tvc_upages\n");
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		tv_cmd->tvc_prot_sgl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scatterlist) *
+				VHOST_SCSI_PREALLOC_PROT_SGLS, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!tv_cmd->tvc_prot_sgl) {
+			pr_err("Unable to allocate tv_cmd->tvc_prot_sgl\n");
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+out:
+	vhost_scsi_free_cmd_map_res(se_sess);
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
 static int vhost_scsi_make_nexus(struct vhost_scsi_tpg *tpg,
 				const char *name)
 {
 	struct se_portal_group *se_tpg;
-	struct se_session *se_sess;
 	struct vhost_scsi_nexus *tv_nexus;
-	struct vhost_scsi_cmd *tv_cmd;
-	unsigned int i;
 
 	mutex_lock(&tpg->tv_tpg_mutex);
 	if (tpg->tpg_nexus) {
@@ -1745,74 +1777,25 @@ static int vhost_scsi_make_nexus(struct vhost_scsi_tpg *tpg,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	/*
-	 *  Initialize the struct se_session pointer and setup tagpool
-	 *  for struct vhost_scsi_cmd descriptors
+	 * Since we are running in 'demo mode' this call with generate a
+	 * struct se_node_acl for the vhost_scsi struct se_portal_group with
+	 * the SCSI Initiator port name of the passed configfs group 'name'.
 	 */
-	tv_nexus->tvn_se_sess = transport_init_session_tags(
+	tv_nexus->tvn_se_sess = target_alloc_session(&tpg->se_tpg,
 					VHOST_SCSI_DEFAULT_TAGS,
 					sizeof(struct vhost_scsi_cmd),
-					TARGET_PROT_DIN_PASS | TARGET_PROT_DOUT_PASS);
+					TARGET_PROT_DIN_PASS | TARGET_PROT_DOUT_PASS,
+					(unsigned char *)name, tv_nexus,
+					vhost_scsi_nexus_cb);
 	if (IS_ERR(tv_nexus->tvn_se_sess)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&tpg->tv_tpg_mutex);
 		kfree(tv_nexus);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	se_sess = tv_nexus->tvn_se_sess;
-	for (i = 0; i < VHOST_SCSI_DEFAULT_TAGS; i++) {
-		tv_cmd = &((struct vhost_scsi_cmd *)se_sess->sess_cmd_map)[i];
-
-		tv_cmd->tvc_sgl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scatterlist) *
-					VHOST_SCSI_PREALLOC_SGLS, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!tv_cmd->tvc_sgl) {
-			mutex_unlock(&tpg->tv_tpg_mutex);
-			pr_err("Unable to allocate tv_cmd->tvc_sgl\n");
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		tv_cmd->tvc_upages = kzalloc(sizeof(struct page *) *
-					VHOST_SCSI_PREALLOC_UPAGES, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!tv_cmd->tvc_upages) {
-			mutex_unlock(&tpg->tv_tpg_mutex);
-			pr_err("Unable to allocate tv_cmd->tvc_upages\n");
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		tv_cmd->tvc_prot_sgl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scatterlist) *
-					VHOST_SCSI_PREALLOC_PROT_SGLS, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!tv_cmd->tvc_prot_sgl) {
-			mutex_unlock(&tpg->tv_tpg_mutex);
-			pr_err("Unable to allocate tv_cmd->tvc_prot_sgl\n");
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-	/*
-	 * Since we are running in 'demo mode' this call with generate a
-	 * struct se_node_acl for the vhost_scsi struct se_portal_group with
-	 * the SCSI Initiator port name of the passed configfs group 'name'.
-	 */
-	tv_nexus->tvn_se_sess->se_node_acl = core_tpg_check_initiator_node_acl(
-				se_tpg, (unsigned char *)name);
-	if (!tv_nexus->tvn_se_sess->se_node_acl) {
-		mutex_unlock(&tpg->tv_tpg_mutex);
-		pr_debug("core_tpg_check_initiator_node_acl() failed"
-				" for %s\n", name);
-		goto out;
-	}
-	/*
-	 * Now register the TCM vhost virtual I_T Nexus as active.
-	 */
-	transport_register_session(se_tpg, tv_nexus->tvn_se_sess->se_node_acl,
-			tv_nexus->tvn_se_sess, tv_nexus);
 	tpg->tpg_nexus = tv_nexus;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&tpg->tv_tpg_mutex);
 	return 0;
-
-out:
-	vhost_scsi_free_cmd_map_res(tv_nexus, se_sess);
-	transport_free_session(se_sess);
-	kfree(tv_nexus);
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static int vhost_scsi_drop_nexus(struct vhost_scsi_tpg *tpg)
@@ -1853,7 +1836,7 @@ static int vhost_scsi_drop_nexus(struct vhost_scsi_tpg *tpg)
 		" %s Initiator Port: %s\n", vhost_scsi_dump_proto_id(tpg->tport),
 		tv_nexus->tvn_se_sess->se_node_acl->initiatorname);
 
-	vhost_scsi_free_cmd_map_res(tv_nexus, se_sess);
+	vhost_scsi_free_cmd_map_res(se_sess);
 	/*
 	 * Release the SCSI I_T Nexus to the emulated vhost Target Port
 	 */