diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
index 1e36f83b5961..70c6b9bfc04e 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
@@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ void iscsit_release_cmd(struct iscsi_cmd *cmd)
 	struct iscsi_session *sess;
 	struct se_cmd *se_cmd = &cmd->se_cmd;
 
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&cmd->i_conn_node));
+
 	if (cmd->conn)
 		sess = cmd->conn->sess;
 	else
@@ -716,6 +718,8 @@ void __iscsit_free_cmd(struct iscsi_cmd *cmd, bool check_queues)
 {
 	struct iscsi_conn *conn = cmd->conn;
 
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&cmd->i_conn_node));
+
 	if (cmd->data_direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE) {
 		iscsit_stop_dataout_timer(cmd);
 		iscsit_free_r2ts_from_list(cmd);