diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 833060e0de5e..7c87b042375a 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -762,7 +762,6 @@ static void transport_lun_remove_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 	transport_all_task_dev_remove_state(cmd);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&T_TASK(cmd)->t_state_lock, flags);
 
-	transport_free_dev_tasks(cmd);
 
 check_lun:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&lun->lun_cmd_lock, flags);
@@ -2058,6 +2057,13 @@ int transport_generic_handle_tmr(
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(transport_generic_handle_tmr);
 
+void transport_generic_free_cmd_intr(
+	struct se_cmd *cmd)
+{
+	transport_add_cmd_to_queue(cmd, TRANSPORT_FREE_CMD_INTR);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(transport_generic_free_cmd_intr);
+
 static int transport_stop_tasks_for_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 {
 	struct se_task *task, *task_tmp;
@@ -5301,6 +5307,8 @@ void transport_generic_free_cmd(
 		if (wait_for_tasks && cmd->transport_wait_for_tasks)
 			cmd->transport_wait_for_tasks(cmd, 0, 0);
 
+		transport_free_dev_tasks(cmd);
+
 		transport_generic_remove(cmd, release_to_pool,
 				session_reinstatement);
 	}
@@ -6136,6 +6144,9 @@ static int transport_processing_thread(void *param)
 		case TRANSPORT_REMOVE:
 			transport_generic_remove(cmd, 1, 0);
 			break;
+		case TRANSPORT_FREE_CMD_INTR:
+			transport_generic_free_cmd(cmd, 0, 1, 0);
+			break;
 		case TRANSPORT_PROCESS_TMR:
 			transport_generic_do_tmr(cmd);
 			break;
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index 1d3b5b2f0dbc..561ac99def5a 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ enum transport_state_table {
 	TRANSPORT_REMOVE	= 14,
 	TRANSPORT_FREE		= 15,
 	TRANSPORT_NEW_CMD_MAP	= 16,
+	TRANSPORT_FREE_CMD_INTR = 17,
 };
 
 /* Used for struct se_cmd->se_cmd_flags */
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_transport.h b/include/target/target_core_transport.h
index 59aa464f6ee2..24a1c6cb83c3 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_transport.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_transport.h
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ extern int transport_generic_handle_cdb_map(struct se_cmd *);
 extern int transport_generic_handle_data(struct se_cmd *);
 extern void transport_new_cmd_failure(struct se_cmd *);
 extern int transport_generic_handle_tmr(struct se_cmd *);
+extern void transport_generic_free_cmd_intr(struct se_cmd *);
 extern void __transport_stop_task_timer(struct se_task *, unsigned long *);
 extern unsigned char transport_asciihex_to_binaryhex(unsigned char val[2]);
 extern int transport_generic_map_mem_to_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd, struct scatterlist *, u32,