diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index c3477fa60942a7473ea054b23951a19b65849116..4a793362309d7204f69596c3e7d0ed0aee625307 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -2211,21 +2211,19 @@ static void target_release_cmd_kref(struct kref *kref)
 {
 	struct se_cmd *se_cmd = container_of(kref, struct se_cmd, cmd_kref);
 	struct se_session *se_sess = se_cmd->se_sess;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
 	if (list_empty(&se_cmd->se_cmd_list)) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock);
 		se_cmd->se_tfo->release_cmd(se_cmd);
 		return;
 	}
 	if (se_sess->sess_tearing_down && se_cmd->cmd_wait_set) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock);
 		complete(&se_cmd->cmd_wait_comp);
 		return;
 	}
 	list_del(&se_cmd->se_cmd_list);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock);
 
 	se_cmd->se_tfo->release_cmd(se_cmd);
 }
@@ -2236,7 +2234,8 @@ static void target_release_cmd_kref(struct kref *kref)
  */
 int target_put_sess_cmd(struct se_session *se_sess, struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
 {
-	return kref_put(&se_cmd->cmd_kref, target_release_cmd_kref);
+	return kref_put_spinlock_irqsave(&se_cmd->cmd_kref, target_release_cmd_kref,
+			&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(target_put_sess_cmd);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kref.h b/include/linux/kref.h
index 4972e6e9ca93e5e4f2388b70bfe2c6de661af246..7419c02085d7207ba985d6f7e17c93ae21bebd36 100644
--- a/include/linux/kref.h
+++ b/include/linux/kref.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
 struct kref {
 	atomic_t refcount;
@@ -95,6 +96,38 @@ static inline int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release)(struct kref *kref)
 	return kref_sub(kref, 1, release);
 }
 
+/**
+ * kref_put_spinlock_irqsave - decrement refcount for object.
+ * @kref: object.
+ * @release: pointer to the function that will clean up the object when the
+ *	     last reference to the object is released.
+ *	     This pointer is required, and it is not acceptable to pass kfree
+ *	     in as this function.
+ * @lock: lock to take in release case
+ *
+ * Behaves identical to kref_put with one exception.  If the reference count
+ * drops to zero, the lock will be taken atomically wrt dropping the reference
+ * count.  The release function has to call spin_unlock() without _irqrestore.
+ */
+static inline int kref_put_spinlock_irqsave(struct kref *kref,
+		void (*release)(struct kref *kref),
+		spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	WARN_ON(release == NULL);
+	if (atomic_add_unless(&kref->refcount, -1, 1))
+		return 0;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount)) {
+		release(kref);
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int kref_put_mutex(struct kref *kref,
 				 void (*release)(struct kref *kref),
 				 struct mutex *lock)