diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
index 5fb1f364e8155d..9c0c8f34ef6796 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
@@ -982,10 +982,17 @@ static void iscsi_sw_tcp_session_destroy(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session)
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(session->leadconn))
 		return;
 
+	iscsi_session_remove(cls_session);
+	/*
+	 * Our get_host_param needs to access the session, so remove the
+	 * host from sysfs before freeing the session to make sure userspace
+	 * is no longer accessing the callout.
+	 */
+	iscsi_host_remove(shost, false);
+
 	iscsi_tcp_r2tpool_free(cls_session->dd_data);
-	iscsi_session_teardown(cls_session);
 
-	iscsi_host_remove(shost, false);
+	iscsi_session_free(cls_session);
 	iscsi_host_free(shost);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
index d95f4bcdeb2ec4..6e811d753cb143 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
@@ -3104,17 +3104,32 @@ iscsi_session_setup(struct iscsi_transport *iscsit, struct Scsi_Host *shost,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_session_setup);
 
-/**
- * iscsi_session_teardown - destroy session, host, and cls_session
- * @cls_session: iscsi session
+/*
+ * issi_session_remove - Remove session from iSCSI class.
  */
-void iscsi_session_teardown(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session)
+void iscsi_session_remove(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session)
 {
 	struct iscsi_session *session = cls_session->dd_data;
-	struct module *owner = cls_session->transport->owner;
 	struct Scsi_Host *shost = session->host;
 
 	iscsi_remove_session(cls_session);
+	/*
+	 * host removal only has to wait for its children to be removed from
+	 * sysfs, and iscsi_tcp needs to do iscsi_host_remove before freeing
+	 * the session, so drop the session count here.
+	 */
+	iscsi_host_dec_session_cnt(shost);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_session_remove);
+
+/**
+ * iscsi_session_free - Free iscsi session and it's resources
+ * @cls_session: iscsi session
+ */
+void iscsi_session_free(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session)
+{
+	struct iscsi_session *session = cls_session->dd_data;
+	struct module *owner = cls_session->transport->owner;
 
 	iscsi_pool_free(&session->cmdpool);
 	kfree(session->password);
@@ -3132,10 +3147,19 @@ void iscsi_session_teardown(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session)
 	kfree(session->discovery_parent_type);
 
 	iscsi_free_session(cls_session);
-
-	iscsi_host_dec_session_cnt(shost);
 	module_put(owner);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_session_free);
+
+/**
+ * iscsi_session_teardown - destroy session and cls_session
+ * @cls_session: iscsi session
+ */
+void iscsi_session_teardown(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session)
+{
+	iscsi_session_remove(cls_session);
+	iscsi_session_free(cls_session);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_session_teardown);
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/scsi/libiscsi.h b/include/scsi/libiscsi.h
index 654cc3918c9482..7fb3cb787df41d 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libiscsi.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libiscsi.h
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ extern int iscsi_host_get_max_scsi_cmds(struct Scsi_Host *shost,
 extern struct iscsi_cls_session *
 iscsi_session_setup(struct iscsi_transport *, struct Scsi_Host *shost,
 		    uint16_t, int, int, uint32_t, unsigned int);
+void iscsi_session_remove(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session);
+void iscsi_session_free(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session);
 extern void iscsi_session_teardown(struct iscsi_cls_session *);
 extern void iscsi_session_recovery_timedout(struct iscsi_cls_session *);
 extern int iscsi_set_param(struct iscsi_cls_conn *cls_conn,