diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 8b698432aea54f..437591bc7c0855 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -457,8 +457,20 @@ static void target_complete_nacl(struct kref *kref)
 {
 	struct se_node_acl *nacl = container_of(kref,
 				struct se_node_acl, acl_kref);
+	struct se_portal_group *se_tpg = nacl->se_tpg;
 
-	complete(&nacl->acl_free_comp);
+	if (!nacl->dynamic_stop) {
+		complete(&nacl->acl_free_comp);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&se_tpg->acl_node_mutex);
+	list_del(&nacl->acl_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&se_tpg->acl_node_mutex);
+
+	core_tpg_wait_for_nacl_pr_ref(nacl);
+	core_free_device_list_for_node(nacl, se_tpg);
+	kfree(nacl);
 }
 
 void target_put_nacl(struct se_node_acl *nacl)
@@ -499,12 +511,39 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(transport_deregister_session_configfs);
 void transport_free_session(struct se_session *se_sess)
 {
 	struct se_node_acl *se_nacl = se_sess->se_node_acl;
+
 	/*
 	 * Drop the se_node_acl->nacl_kref obtained from within
 	 * core_tpg_get_initiator_node_acl().
 	 */
 	if (se_nacl) {
+		struct se_portal_group *se_tpg = se_nacl->se_tpg;
+		const struct target_core_fabric_ops *se_tfo = se_tpg->se_tpg_tfo;
+		unsigned long flags;
+
 		se_sess->se_node_acl = NULL;
+
+		/*
+		 * Also determine if we need to drop the extra ->cmd_kref if
+		 * it had been previously dynamically generated, and
+		 * the endpoint is not caching dynamic ACLs.
+		 */
+		mutex_lock(&se_tpg->acl_node_mutex);
+		if (se_nacl->dynamic_node_acl &&
+		    !se_tfo->tpg_check_demo_mode_cache(se_tpg)) {
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&se_nacl->nacl_sess_lock, flags);
+			if (list_empty(&se_nacl->acl_sess_list))
+				se_nacl->dynamic_stop = true;
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_nacl->nacl_sess_lock, flags);
+
+			if (se_nacl->dynamic_stop)
+				list_del(&se_nacl->acl_list);
+		}
+		mutex_unlock(&se_tpg->acl_node_mutex);
+
+		if (se_nacl->dynamic_stop)
+			target_put_nacl(se_nacl);
+
 		target_put_nacl(se_nacl);
 	}
 	if (se_sess->sess_cmd_map) {
@@ -518,16 +557,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(transport_free_session);
 void transport_deregister_session(struct se_session *se_sess)
 {
 	struct se_portal_group *se_tpg = se_sess->se_tpg;
-	const struct target_core_fabric_ops *se_tfo;
-	struct se_node_acl *se_nacl;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	bool drop_nacl = false;
 
 	if (!se_tpg) {
 		transport_free_session(se_sess);
 		return;
 	}
-	se_tfo = se_tpg->se_tpg_tfo;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&se_tpg->session_lock, flags);
 	list_del(&se_sess->sess_list);
@@ -535,33 +570,15 @@ void transport_deregister_session(struct se_session *se_sess)
 	se_sess->fabric_sess_ptr = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_tpg->session_lock, flags);
 
-	/*
-	 * Determine if we need to do extra work for this initiator node's
-	 * struct se_node_acl if it had been previously dynamically generated.
-	 */
-	se_nacl = se_sess->se_node_acl;
-
-	mutex_lock(&se_tpg->acl_node_mutex);
-	if (se_nacl && se_nacl->dynamic_node_acl) {
-		if (!se_tfo->tpg_check_demo_mode_cache(se_tpg)) {
-			list_del(&se_nacl->acl_list);
-			drop_nacl = true;
-		}
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&se_tpg->acl_node_mutex);
-
-	if (drop_nacl) {
-		core_tpg_wait_for_nacl_pr_ref(se_nacl);
-		core_free_device_list_for_node(se_nacl, se_tpg);
-		se_sess->se_node_acl = NULL;
-		kfree(se_nacl);
-	}
 	pr_debug("TARGET_CORE[%s]: Deregistered fabric_sess\n",
 		se_tpg->se_tpg_tfo->get_fabric_name());
 	/*
 	 * If last kref is dropping now for an explicit NodeACL, awake sleeping
 	 * ->acl_free_comp caller to wakeup configfs se_node_acl->acl_group
 	 * removal context from within transport_free_session() code.
+	 *
+	 * For dynamic ACL, target_put_nacl() uses target_complete_nacl()
+	 * to release all remaining generate_node_acl=1 created ACL resources.
 	 */
 
 	transport_free_session(se_sess);
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index 43edf82e54fffc..da854fb4530f1f 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ struct se_node_acl {
 	char			initiatorname[TRANSPORT_IQN_LEN];
 	/* Used to signal demo mode created ACL, disabled by default */
 	bool			dynamic_node_acl;
+	bool			dynamic_stop;
 	u32			queue_depth;
 	u32			acl_index;
 	enum target_prot_type	saved_prot_type;