diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index 8f17d29ab7e9c..99813232c25e9 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -1018,20 +1018,23 @@ vhost_scsi_get_req(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, struct vhost_scsi_ctx *vc,
 		/* virtio-scsi spec requires byte 0 of the lun to be 1 */
 		vq_err(vq, "Illegal virtio-scsi lun: %u\n", *vc->lunp);
 	} else {
-		struct vhost_scsi_tpg **vs_tpg, *tpg;
-
-		vs_tpg = vhost_vq_get_backend(vq);	/* validated at handler entry */
-
-		tpg = READ_ONCE(vs_tpg[*vc->target]);
-		if (unlikely(!tpg)) {
-			vq_err(vq, "Target 0x%x does not exist\n", *vc->target);
-		} else {
-			if (tpgp)
-				*tpgp = tpg;
-			ret = 0;
+		struct vhost_scsi_tpg **vs_tpg, *tpg = NULL;
+
+		if (vc->target) {
+			/* validated at handler entry */
+			vs_tpg = vhost_vq_get_backend(vq);
+			tpg = READ_ONCE(vs_tpg[*vc->target]);
+			if (unlikely(!tpg)) {
+				vq_err(vq, "Target 0x%x does not exist\n", *vc->target);
+				goto out;
+			}
 		}
-	}
 
+		if (tpgp)
+			*tpgp = tpg;
+		ret = 0;
+	}
+out:
 	return ret;
 }