diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
index b4d06bd9ed51..95d71e301a53 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 
 #define ISCSI_TRANSPORT_VERSION "2.0-870"
 
+#define ISCSI_SEND_MAX_ALLOWED  10
+
 static int dbg_session;
 module_param_named(debug_session, dbg_session, int,
 		   S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
@@ -3680,6 +3682,7 @@ iscsi_if_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		struct nlmsghdr	*nlh;
 		struct iscsi_uevent *ev;
 		uint32_t group;
+		int retries = ISCSI_SEND_MAX_ALLOWED;
 
 		nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
 		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < sizeof(*nlh) + sizeof(*ev) ||
@@ -3710,6 +3713,10 @@ iscsi_if_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
 				break;
 			err = iscsi_if_send_reply(portid, nlh->nlmsg_type,
 						  ev, sizeof(*ev));
+			if (err == -EAGAIN && --retries < 0) {
+				printk(KERN_WARNING "Send reply failed, error %d\n", err);
+				break;
+			}
 		} while (err < 0 && err != -ECONNREFUSED && err != -ESRCH);
 		skb_pull(skb, rlen);
 	}