diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
index 826eaf5741f64241727db72d73cfb47b38de2ecd..a1710465faaf2345ae9c88755790e3e74a6e76e8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
@@ -562,7 +562,15 @@ isert_connect_request(struct rdma_cm_id *cma_id, struct rdma_cm_event *event)
 	struct isert_device *device;
 	struct ib_device *ib_dev = cma_id->device;
 	int ret = 0;
-	u8 pi_support = np->tpg_np->tpg->tpg_attrib.t10_pi;
+	u8 pi_support;
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
+	if (!np->enabled) {
+		spin_unlock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
+		pr_debug("iscsi_np is not enabled, reject connect request\n");
+		return rdma_reject(cma_id, NULL, 0);
+	}
+	spin_unlock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
 
 	pr_debug("Entering isert_connect_request cma_id: %p, context: %p\n",
 		 cma_id, cma_id->context);
@@ -653,6 +661,7 @@ isert_connect_request(struct rdma_cm_id *cma_id, struct rdma_cm_event *event)
 		goto out_mr;
 	}
 
+	pi_support = np->tpg_np->tpg->tpg_attrib.t10_pi;
 	if (pi_support && !device->pi_capable) {
 		pr_err("Protection information requested but not supported\n");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_core.h b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_core.h
index 6960f22909ae2eeddd651d59217d1f09519e9154..302eb3b7871558bb2a1241fedc521e20efebf415 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_core.h
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_core.h
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ struct iscsi_np {
 	int			np_ip_proto;
 	int			np_sock_type;
 	enum np_thread_state_table np_thread_state;
+	bool                    enabled;
 	enum iscsi_timer_flags_table np_login_timer_flags;
 	u32			np_exports;
 	enum np_flags_table	np_flags;
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
index 8739b98f6f93539b8c6eb95f27d7fde3601b40d7..b72d8550e8bc71e5473a5a2ac0458d89fbe15477 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
@@ -984,6 +984,7 @@ int iscsi_target_setup_login_socket(
 	}
 
 	np->np_transport = t;
+	np->enabled = true;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_tpg.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_tpg.c
index eb96b20dc09e13ffe32e226df38b73241f176a63..ca1811858afd01fa4b09ba6e1523f32bd0c3e1b2 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_tpg.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_tpg.c
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ static void iscsit_clear_tpg_np_login_thread(
 		return;
 	}
 
+	tpg_np->tpg_np->enabled = false;
 	iscsit_reset_np_thread(tpg_np->tpg_np, tpg_np, tpg, shutdown);
 }