diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
index 9e2588a6881c..add6d1566ec8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ static inline int iscsi_sw_sk_state_check(struct sock *sk)
 	struct iscsi_conn *conn = sk->sk_user_data;
 
 	if ((sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE_WAIT || sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE) &&
+	    (conn->session->state != ISCSI_STATE_LOGGING_OUT) &&
 	    !atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc)) {
 		ISCSI_SW_TCP_DBG(conn, "TCP_CLOSE|TCP_CLOSE_WAIT\n");
 		iscsi_conn_failure(conn, ISCSI_ERR_TCP_CONN_CLOSE);