diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 443704f84fd5..25c67c800f3d 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -1701,6 +1701,8 @@ void target_submit_cmd(struct se_cmd *se_cmd, struct se_session *se_sess,
 	 */
 	transport_init_se_cmd(se_cmd, se_tpg->se_tpg_tfo, se_sess,
 				data_length, data_dir, task_attr, sense);
+	if (flags & TARGET_SCF_UNKNOWN_SIZE)
+		se_cmd->unknown_data_length = 1;
 	/*
 	 * Obtain struct se_cmd->cmd_kref reference and add new cmd to
 	 * se_sess->sess_cmd_list.  A second kref_get here is necessary
@@ -3142,6 +3144,9 @@ static int transport_generic_cmd_sequencer(
 		goto out_unsupported_cdb;
 	}
 
+	if (cmd->unknown_data_length)
+		cmd->data_length = size;
+
 	if (size != cmd->data_length) {
 		pr_warn("TARGET_CORE[%s]: Expected Transfer Length:"
 			" %u does not match SCSI CDB Length: %u for SAM Opcode:"
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index edb51f6544f8..6a02c99d54a5 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ enum tcm_sense_reason_table {
 enum target_sc_flags_table {
 	TARGET_SCF_BIDI_OP		= 0x01,
 	TARGET_SCF_ACK_KREF		= 0x02,
+	TARGET_SCF_UNKNOWN_SIZE		= 0x04,
 };
 
 /* fabric independent task management function values */
@@ -537,6 +538,7 @@ struct se_cmd {
 	/* Used to signal cmd->se_tfo->check_release_cmd() usage per cmd */
 	unsigned		check_release:1;
 	unsigned		cmd_wait_set:1;
+	unsigned		unknown_data_length:1;
 	/* See se_cmd_flags_table */
 	u32			se_cmd_flags;
 	u32			se_ordered_id;