diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
index b3e5e08e44ab..f97fc7e9de79 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static int iscsi_sw_tcp_pdu_init(struct iscsi_task *task,
 	}
 
 	if (err) {
-		iscsi_conn_failure(conn, err);
+		/* got invalid offset/len */
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi_tcp.c
index 91f8ce4d8d08..b579ca9f4836 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi_tcp.c
@@ -1036,8 +1036,11 @@ int iscsi_tcp_task_xmit(struct iscsi_task *task)
 
 	rc = conn->session->tt->init_pdu(task, r2t->data_offset + r2t->sent,
 					 r2t->data_count);
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc) {
+		iscsi_conn_failure(conn, ISCSI_ERR_XMIT_FAILED);
 		return rc;
+	}
+
 	r2t->sent += r2t->data_count;
 	goto flush;
 }