diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index d547dcd625d9..8e223799347a 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -497,6 +497,8 @@ void iscsit_aborted_task(struct iscsi_conn *conn, struct iscsi_cmd *cmd)
 	    !(cmd->se_cmd.transport_state & CMD_T_FABRIC_STOP))
 		list_del_init(&cmd->i_conn_node);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&conn->cmd_lock);
+
+	__iscsit_free_cmd(cmd, true);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iscsit_aborted_task);
 
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c
index 1fcd9bc7189d..95d0a22b2ad6 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c
@@ -1544,7 +1544,6 @@ static void lio_release_cmd(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
 	struct iscsi_cmd *cmd = container_of(se_cmd, struct iscsi_cmd, se_cmd);
 
 	pr_debug("Entering lio_release_cmd for se_cmd: %p\n", se_cmd);
-	__iscsit_free_cmd(cmd, true);
 	iscsit_release_cmd(cmd);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
index 5a645b5f1eb4..8cfcf9033507 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
@@ -772,8 +772,10 @@ void iscsit_free_cmd(struct iscsi_cmd *cmd, bool shutdown)
 	__iscsit_free_cmd(cmd, shutdown);
 	if (se_cmd) {
 		rc = transport_generic_free_cmd(se_cmd, shutdown);
-		if (!rc && shutdown && se_cmd->se_sess)
+		if (!rc && shutdown && se_cmd->se_sess) {
+			__iscsit_free_cmd(cmd, shutdown);
 			target_put_sess_cmd(se_cmd);
+		}
 	} else {
 		iscsit_release_cmd(cmd);
 	}