diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
index da1dc345b873..10d7f2b7dd0e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ static struct iscsi_transport iscsi_sw_tcp_transport;
 static unsigned int iscsi_max_lun = ~0;
 module_param_named(max_lun, iscsi_max_lun, uint, S_IRUGO);
 
+static bool iscsi_recv_from_iscsi_q;
+module_param_named(recv_from_iscsi_q, iscsi_recv_from_iscsi_q, bool, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(recv_from_iscsi_q, "Set to true to read iSCSI data/headers from the iscsi_q workqueue. The default is false which will perform reads from the network softirq context.");
+
 static int iscsi_sw_tcp_dbg;
 module_param_named(debug_iscsi_tcp, iscsi_sw_tcp_dbg, int,
 		   S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
@@ -122,20 +126,13 @@ static inline int iscsi_sw_sk_state_check(struct sock *sk)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void iscsi_sw_tcp_data_ready(struct sock *sk)
+static void iscsi_sw_tcp_recv_data(struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 {
-	struct iscsi_conn *conn;
-	struct iscsi_tcp_conn *tcp_conn;
+	struct iscsi_tcp_conn *tcp_conn = conn->dd_data;
+	struct iscsi_sw_tcp_conn *tcp_sw_conn = tcp_conn->dd_data;
+	struct sock *sk = tcp_sw_conn->sock->sk;
 	read_descriptor_t rd_desc;
 
-	read_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
-	conn = sk->sk_user_data;
-	if (!conn) {
-		read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
-		return;
-	}
-	tcp_conn = conn->dd_data;
-
 	/*
 	 * Use rd_desc to pass 'conn' to iscsi_tcp_recv.
 	 * We set count to 1 because we want the network layer to
@@ -144,13 +141,48 @@ static void iscsi_sw_tcp_data_ready(struct sock *sk)
 	 */
 	rd_desc.arg.data = conn;
 	rd_desc.count = 1;
-	tcp_read_sock(sk, &rd_desc, iscsi_sw_tcp_recv);
 
-	iscsi_sw_sk_state_check(sk);
+	tcp_read_sock(sk, &rd_desc, iscsi_sw_tcp_recv);
 
 	/* If we had to (atomically) map a highmem page,
 	 * unmap it now. */
 	iscsi_tcp_segment_unmap(&tcp_conn->in.segment);
+
+	iscsi_sw_sk_state_check(sk);
+}
+
+static void iscsi_sw_tcp_recv_data_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct iscsi_conn *conn = container_of(work, struct iscsi_conn,
+					       recvwork);
+	struct iscsi_tcp_conn *tcp_conn = conn->dd_data;
+	struct iscsi_sw_tcp_conn *tcp_sw_conn = tcp_conn->dd_data;
+	struct sock *sk = tcp_sw_conn->sock->sk;
+
+	lock_sock(sk);
+	iscsi_sw_tcp_recv_data(conn);
+	release_sock(sk);
+}
+
+static void iscsi_sw_tcp_data_ready(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct iscsi_sw_tcp_conn *tcp_sw_conn;
+	struct iscsi_tcp_conn *tcp_conn;
+	struct iscsi_conn *conn;
+
+	read_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+	conn = sk->sk_user_data;
+	if (!conn) {
+		read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+		return;
+	}
+	tcp_conn = conn->dd_data;
+	tcp_sw_conn = tcp_conn->dd_data;
+
+	if (tcp_sw_conn->queue_recv)
+		iscsi_conn_queue_recv(conn);
+	else
+		iscsi_sw_tcp_recv_data(conn);
 	read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 }
 
@@ -276,6 +308,9 @@ static int iscsi_sw_tcp_xmit_segment(struct iscsi_tcp_conn *tcp_conn,
 		if (segment->total_copied + segment->size < segment->total_size)
 			flags |= MSG_MORE;
 
+		if (tcp_sw_conn->queue_recv)
+			flags |= MSG_DONTWAIT;
+
 		/* Use sendpage if we can; else fall back to sendmsg */
 		if (!segment->data) {
 			sg = segment->sg;
@@ -557,6 +592,8 @@ iscsi_sw_tcp_conn_create(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session,
 	conn = cls_conn->dd_data;
 	tcp_conn = conn->dd_data;
 	tcp_sw_conn = tcp_conn->dd_data;
+	INIT_WORK(&conn->recvwork, iscsi_sw_tcp_recv_data_work);
+	tcp_sw_conn->queue_recv = iscsi_recv_from_iscsi_q;
 
 	tfm = crypto_alloc_ahash("crc32c", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
 	if (IS_ERR(tfm))
@@ -610,6 +647,8 @@ static void iscsi_sw_tcp_release_conn(struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 	iscsi_sw_tcp_conn_restore_callbacks(conn);
 	sock_put(sock->sk);
 
+	iscsi_suspend_rx(conn);
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&session->frwd_lock);
 	tcp_sw_conn->sock = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&session->frwd_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.h b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.h
index 791453195099..850a018aefb9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ struct iscsi_sw_tcp_send {
 
 struct iscsi_sw_tcp_conn {
 	struct socket		*sock;
+	struct work_struct	recvwork;
+	bool			queue_recv;
 
 	struct iscsi_sw_tcp_send out;
 	/* old values for socket callbacks */