diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
index 2c86bd1f1417..bad1f5d32227 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ static int
 isert_rdma_accept(struct isert_conn *isert_conn);
 struct rdma_cm_id *isert_setup_id(struct isert_np *isert_np);
 
+static void isert_release_work(struct work_struct *work);
+
 static inline bool
 isert_prot_cmd(struct isert_conn *conn, struct se_cmd *cmd)
 {
@@ -648,6 +650,7 @@ isert_init_conn(struct isert_conn *isert_conn)
 	mutex_init(&isert_conn->mutex);
 	spin_lock_init(&isert_conn->pool_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&isert_conn->fr_pool);
+	INIT_WORK(&isert_conn->release_work, isert_release_work);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -925,6 +928,7 @@ isert_disconnected_handler(struct rdma_cm_id *cma_id,
 {
 	struct isert_np *isert_np = cma_id->context;
 	struct isert_conn *isert_conn;
+	bool terminating = false;
 
 	if (isert_np->np_cm_id == cma_id)
 		return isert_np_cma_handler(cma_id->context, event);
@@ -932,12 +936,25 @@ isert_disconnected_handler(struct rdma_cm_id *cma_id,
 	isert_conn = cma_id->qp->qp_context;
 
 	mutex_lock(&isert_conn->mutex);
+	terminating = (isert_conn->state == ISER_CONN_TERMINATING);
 	isert_conn_terminate(isert_conn);
 	mutex_unlock(&isert_conn->mutex);
 
 	isert_info("conn %p completing wait\n", isert_conn);
 	complete(&isert_conn->wait);
 
+	if (terminating)
+		goto out;
+
+	mutex_lock(&isert_np->np_accept_mutex);
+	if (!list_empty(&isert_conn->accept_node)) {
+		list_del_init(&isert_conn->accept_node);
+		isert_put_conn(isert_conn);
+		queue_work(isert_release_wq, &isert_conn->release_work);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&isert_np->np_accept_mutex);
+
+out:
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3368,7 +3385,6 @@ static void isert_wait_conn(struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 	isert_wait4flush(isert_conn);
 	isert_wait4logout(isert_conn);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&isert_conn->release_work, isert_release_work);
 	queue_work(isert_release_wq, &isert_conn->release_work);
 }