diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index d19e051f2bc2..09e55ea0bf5d 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -2189,24 +2189,22 @@ iscsit_process_text_cmd(struct iscsi_conn *conn, struct iscsi_cmd *cmd,
 		}
 		goto empty_sendtargets;
 	}
-	if (strncmp("SendTargets", text_in, 11) != 0) {
+	if (strncmp("SendTargets=", text_in, 12) != 0) {
 		pr_err("Received Text Data that is not"
 			" SendTargets, cannot continue.\n");
 		goto reject;
 	}
+	/* '=' confirmed in strncmp */
 	text_ptr = strchr(text_in, '=');
-	if (!text_ptr) {
-		pr_err("No \"=\" separator found in Text Data,"
-			"  cannot continue.\n");
-		goto reject;
-	}
-	if (!strncmp("=All", text_ptr, 4)) {
+	BUG_ON(!text_ptr);
+	if (!strncmp("=All", text_ptr, 5)) {
 		cmd->cmd_flags |= ICF_SENDTARGETS_ALL;
 	} else if (!strncmp("=iqn.", text_ptr, 5) ||
 		   !strncmp("=eui.", text_ptr, 5)) {
 		cmd->cmd_flags |= ICF_SENDTARGETS_SINGLE;
 	} else {
-		pr_err("Unable to locate valid SendTargets=%s value\n", text_ptr);
+		pr_err("Unable to locate valid SendTargets%s value\n",
+		       text_ptr);
 		goto reject;
 	}