diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index d90dbb0..569a3c7 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@
 		se_cmd->pr_res_key = deve->pr_res_key;
 		se_cmd->orig_fe_lun = unpacked_lun;
 		se_cmd->se_cmd_flags |= SCF_SE_LUN_CMD;
+
+		percpu_ref_get(&se_lun->lun_ref);
+		se_cmd->lun_ref_active = true;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->se_node_acl->device_list_lock, flags);
 
@@ -119,6 +122,9 @@
 		se_cmd->se_lun = &se_sess->se_tpg->tpg_virt_lun0;
 		se_cmd->orig_fe_lun = 0;
 		se_cmd->se_cmd_flags |= SCF_SE_LUN_CMD;
+
+		percpu_ref_get(&se_lun->lun_ref);
+		se_cmd->lun_ref_active = true;
 	}
 
 	/* Directly associate cmd with se_dev */
@@ -134,10 +140,6 @@
 		dev->read_bytes += se_cmd->data_length;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->stats_lock, flags);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&se_lun->lun_cmd_lock, flags);
-	list_add_tail(&se_cmd->se_lun_node, &se_lun->lun_cmd_list);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_lun->lun_cmd_lock, flags);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(transport_lookup_cmd_lun);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
index 889af4d..47b63b0 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 int	transport_dump_vpd_ident_type(struct t10_vpd *, unsigned char *, int);
 int	transport_dump_vpd_ident(struct t10_vpd *, unsigned char *, int);
 bool	target_stop_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd, unsigned long *flags);
-int	transport_clear_lun_from_sessions(struct se_lun *);
+int	transport_clear_lun_ref(struct se_lun *);
 void	transport_send_task_abort(struct se_cmd *);
 sense_reason_t	target_cmd_size_check(struct se_cmd *cmd, unsigned int size);
 void	target_qf_do_work(struct work_struct *work);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c b/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
index ec99220..f321af0 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
@@ -634,6 +634,13 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(core_tpg_set_initiator_node_tag);
 
+static void core_tpg_lun_ref_release(struct percpu_ref *ref)
+{
+	struct se_lun *lun = container_of(ref, struct se_lun, lun_ref);
+
+	complete(&lun->lun_ref_comp);
+}
+
 static int core_tpg_setup_virtual_lun0(struct se_portal_group *se_tpg)
 {
 	/* Set in core_dev_setup_virtual_lun0() */
@@ -651,11 +658,18 @@
 	spin_lock_init(&lun->lun_acl_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&lun->lun_cmd_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&lun->lun_sep_lock);
+	init_completion(&lun->lun_ref_comp);
 
-	ret = core_tpg_post_addlun(se_tpg, lun, lun_access, dev);
+	ret = percpu_ref_init(&lun->lun_ref, core_tpg_lun_ref_release);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = core_tpg_post_addlun(se_tpg, lun, lun_access, dev);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		percpu_ref_cancel_init(&lun->lun_ref);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -696,6 +710,7 @@
 		spin_lock_init(&lun->lun_acl_lock);
 		spin_lock_init(&lun->lun_cmd_lock);
 		spin_lock_init(&lun->lun_sep_lock);
+		init_completion(&lun->lun_ref_comp);
 	}
 
 	se_tpg->se_tpg_type = se_tpg_type;
@@ -816,10 +831,16 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = core_dev_export(lun_ptr, tpg, lun);
+	ret = percpu_ref_init(&lun->lun_ref, core_tpg_lun_ref_release);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = core_dev_export(lun_ptr, tpg, lun);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		percpu_ref_cancel_init(&lun->lun_ref);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock(&tpg->tpg_lun_lock);
 	lun->lun_access = lun_access;
 	lun->lun_status = TRANSPORT_LUN_STATUS_ACTIVE;
@@ -833,7 +854,7 @@
 	struct se_lun *lun)
 {
 	core_clear_lun_from_tpg(lun, tpg);
-	transport_clear_lun_from_sessions(lun);
+	transport_clear_lun_ref(lun);
 }
 
 struct se_lun *core_tpg_pre_dellun(
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 84747cc..ad143d7 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -575,15 +575,11 @@
 static void transport_lun_remove_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 {
 	struct se_lun *lun = cmd->se_lun;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (!lun)
+	if (!lun || !cmd->lun_ref_active)
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&lun->lun_cmd_lock, flags);
-	if (!list_empty(&cmd->se_lun_node))
-		list_del_init(&cmd->se_lun_node);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lun->lun_cmd_lock, flags);
+	percpu_ref_put(&lun->lun_ref);
 }
 
 void transport_cmd_finish_abort(struct se_cmd *cmd, int remove)
@@ -2537,21 +2533,23 @@
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lun->lun_cmd_lock, lun_flags);
 }
 
-static int transport_clear_lun_thread(void *p)
+static int transport_clear_lun_ref_thread(void *p)
 {
 	struct se_lun *lun = p;
 
-	__transport_clear_lun_from_sessions(lun);
+	percpu_ref_kill(&lun->lun_ref);
+
+	wait_for_completion(&lun->lun_ref_comp);
 	complete(&lun->lun_shutdown_comp);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int transport_clear_lun_from_sessions(struct se_lun *lun)
+int transport_clear_lun_ref(struct se_lun *lun)
 {
 	struct task_struct *kt;
 
-	kt = kthread_run(transport_clear_lun_thread, lun,
+	kt = kthread_run(transport_clear_lun_ref_thread, lun,
 			"tcm_cl_%u", lun->unpacked_lun);
 	if (IS_ERR(kt)) {
 		pr_err("Unable to start clear_lun thread\n");
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c b/drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c
index 4d22e7d..7a870f6 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@
 	spin_lock_init(&pt_cmd->se_lun->lun_acl_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&pt_cmd->se_lun->lun_cmd_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&pt_cmd->se_lun->lun_sep_lock);
+	init_completion(&pt_cmd->se_lun->lun_ref_comp);
 
 	pt_cmd->se_dev = se_dev;
 
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index 22e752c..4d16fd9 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -499,6 +499,9 @@
 
 	/* backend private data */
 	void			*priv;
+
+	/* Used for lun->lun_ref counting */
+	bool			lun_ref_active;
 };
 
 struct se_ua {
@@ -757,6 +760,8 @@
 	struct se_port		*lun_sep;
 	struct config_group	lun_group;
 	struct se_port_stat_grps port_stat_grps;
+	struct completion	lun_ref_comp;
+	struct percpu_ref	lun_ref;
 };
 
 struct scsi_port_stats {