diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index d70e9119e906..02182ab017b1 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -823,24 +823,22 @@ int iscsit_setup_scsi_cmd(struct iscsi_conn *conn, struct iscsi_cmd *cmd,
 	if (((hdr->flags & ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_READ) ||
 	     (hdr->flags & ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_WRITE)) && !hdr->data_length) {
 		/*
-		 * Vmware ESX v3.0 uses a modified Cisco Initiator (v3.4.2)
-		 * that adds support for RESERVE/RELEASE.  There is a bug
-		 * add with this new functionality that sets R/W bits when
-		 * neither CDB carries any READ or WRITE datapayloads.
+		 * From RFC-3720 Section 10.3.1:
+		 *
+		 * "Either or both of R and W MAY be 1 when either the
+		 *  Expected Data Transfer Length and/or Bidirectional Read
+		 *  Expected Data Transfer Length are 0"
+		 *
+		 * For this case, go ahead and clear the unnecssary bits
+		 * to avoid any confusion with ->data_direction.
 		 */
-		if ((hdr->cdb[0] == 0x16) || (hdr->cdb[0] == 0x17)) {
-			hdr->flags &= ~ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_READ;
-			hdr->flags &= ~ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_WRITE;
-			goto done;
-		}
+		hdr->flags &= ~ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_READ;
+		hdr->flags &= ~ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_WRITE;
 
-		pr_err("ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_READ or ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_WRITE"
+		pr_warn("ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_READ or ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_WRITE"
 			" set when Expected Data Transfer Length is 0 for"
-			" CDB: 0x%02x. Bad iSCSI Initiator.\n", hdr->cdb[0]);
-		return iscsit_add_reject_cmd(cmd,
-					     ISCSI_REASON_BOOKMARK_INVALID, buf);
+			" CDB: 0x%02x, Fixing up flags\n", hdr->cdb[0]);
 	}
-done:
 
 	if (!(hdr->flags & ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_READ) &&
 	    !(hdr->flags & ISCSI_FLAG_CMD_WRITE) && (hdr->data_length != 0)) {