diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
index 7ad11e42306dedd4b935d2b2c326f3d87c278e9d..bfd2aaa9b66b8b2659c00badefd65fca48677a93 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
@@ -3179,9 +3179,10 @@ fail_mgmt_tasks(struct iscsi_session *session, struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 	}
 }
 
-static void iscsi_start_session_recovery(struct iscsi_session *session,
-					 struct iscsi_conn *conn, int flag)
+void iscsi_conn_stop(struct iscsi_cls_conn *cls_conn, int flag)
 {
+	struct iscsi_conn *conn = cls_conn->dd_data;
+	struct iscsi_session *session = conn->session;
 	int old_stop_stage;
 
 	mutex_lock(&session->eh_mutex);
@@ -3239,27 +3240,6 @@ static void iscsi_start_session_recovery(struct iscsi_session *session,
 	spin_unlock_bh(&session->frwd_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&session->eh_mutex);
 }
-
-void iscsi_conn_stop(struct iscsi_cls_conn *cls_conn, int flag)
-{
-	struct iscsi_conn *conn = cls_conn->dd_data;
-	struct iscsi_session *session = conn->session;
-
-	switch (flag) {
-	case STOP_CONN_RECOVER:
-		cls_conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_FAILED;
-		break;
-	case STOP_CONN_TERM:
-		cls_conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_DOWN;
-		break;
-	default:
-		iscsi_conn_printk(KERN_ERR, conn,
-				  "invalid stop flag %d\n", flag);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	iscsi_start_session_recovery(session, conn, flag);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_conn_stop);
 
 int iscsi_conn_bind(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
index bebfb355abdf74ffe7190f5e15ff790a8cf36d6a..21a2d997a72e33b023d1de1bfba2b5d94965b592 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
@@ -2470,10 +2470,22 @@ static void iscsi_if_stop_conn(struct iscsi_cls_conn *conn, int flag)
 	 * it works.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&conn_mutex);
+	switch (flag) {
+	case STOP_CONN_RECOVER:
+		conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_FAILED;
+		break;
+	case STOP_CONN_TERM:
+		conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_DOWN;
+		break;
+	default:
+		iscsi_cls_conn_printk(KERN_ERR, conn,
+				      "invalid stop flag %d\n", flag);
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
 	conn->transport->stop_conn(conn, flag);
-	conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_DOWN;
+unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&conn_mutex);
-
 }
 
 static void stop_conn_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -2961,7 +2973,7 @@ static int iscsi_if_ep_disconnect(struct iscsi_transport *transport,
 		mutex_lock(&conn->ep_mutex);
 		conn->ep = NULL;
 		mutex_unlock(&conn->ep_mutex);
-		conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_DOWN;
+		conn->state = ISCSI_CONN_FAILED;
 	}
 
 	transport->ep_disconnect(ep);