diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
index d60564397be54..60c3e2bf87619 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
@@ -882,6 +882,10 @@ iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create(struct iscsi_endpoint *ep, uint16_t cmds_max,
 static void iscsi_sw_tcp_session_destroy(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session)
 {
 	struct Scsi_Host *shost = iscsi_session_to_shost(cls_session);
+	struct iscsi_session *session = cls_session->dd_data;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(session->leadconn))
+		return;
 
 	iscsi_tcp_r2tpool_free(cls_session->dd_data);
 	iscsi_session_teardown(cls_session);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
index ab7bc4e634251..fff9c4d0f7c80 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
@@ -2964,6 +2964,24 @@ iscsi_set_path(struct iscsi_transport *transport, struct iscsi_uevent *ev)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int iscsi_session_has_conns(int sid)
+{
+	struct iscsi_cls_conn *conn;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int found = 0;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&connlock, flags);
+	list_for_each_entry(conn, &connlist, conn_list) {
+		if (iscsi_conn_get_sid(conn) == sid) {
+			found = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&connlock, flags);
+
+	return found;
+}
+
 static int
 iscsi_set_iface_params(struct iscsi_transport *transport,
 		       struct iscsi_uevent *ev, uint32_t len)
@@ -3538,10 +3556,12 @@ iscsi_if_recv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, uint32_t *group)
 		break;
 	case ISCSI_UEVENT_DESTROY_SESSION:
 		session = iscsi_session_lookup(ev->u.d_session.sid);
-		if (session)
-			transport->destroy_session(session);
-		else
+		if (!session)
 			err = -EINVAL;
+		else if (iscsi_session_has_conns(ev->u.d_session.sid))
+			err = -EBUSY;
+		else
+			transport->destroy_session(session);
 		break;
 	case ISCSI_UEVENT_UNBIND_SESSION:
 		session = iscsi_session_lookup(ev->u.d_session.sid);