diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index 02182ab017b16a..00867190413c78 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ int iscsit_del_np(struct iscsi_np *np)
 		 */
 		send_sig(SIGINT, np->np_thread, 1);
 		kthread_stop(np->np_thread);
+		np->np_thread = NULL;
 	}
 
 	np->np_transport->iscsit_free_np(np);
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
index 4eb93b2b6473bc..e29279e6b577dd 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
@@ -1403,11 +1403,6 @@ static int __iscsi_target_login_thread(struct iscsi_np *np)
 
 out:
 	stop = kthread_should_stop();
-	if (!stop && signal_pending(current)) {
-		spin_lock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
-		stop = (np->np_thread_state == ISCSI_NP_THREAD_SHUTDOWN);
-		spin_unlock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
-	}
 	/* Wait for another socket.. */
 	if (!stop)
 		return 1;
@@ -1415,7 +1410,6 @@ static int __iscsi_target_login_thread(struct iscsi_np *np)
 	iscsi_stop_login_thread_timer(np);
 	spin_lock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
 	np->np_thread_state = ISCSI_NP_THREAD_EXIT;
-	np->np_thread = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
 
 	return 0;