diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c
index 39a700a41f6e..a5481dfeae8d 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c
@@ -1591,4 +1591,6 @@ const struct target_core_fabric_ops iscsi_ops = {
 	.tfc_tpg_nacl_attrib_attrs	= lio_target_nacl_attrib_attrs,
 	.tfc_tpg_nacl_auth_attrs	= lio_target_nacl_auth_attrs,
 	.tfc_tpg_nacl_param_attrs	= lio_target_nacl_param_attrs,
+
+	.write_pending_must_be_called	= true,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index caeedb112a85..868ee9c28c9a 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -2584,7 +2584,8 @@ transport_generic_new_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 	 * Determine if frontend context caller is requesting the stopping of
 	 * this command for frontend exceptions.
 	 */
-	if (cmd->transport_state & CMD_T_STOP) {
+	if (cmd->transport_state & CMD_T_STOP &&
+	    !cmd->se_tfo->write_pending_must_be_called) {
 		pr_debug("%s:%d CMD_T_STOP for ITT: 0x%08llx\n",
 			 __func__, __LINE__, cmd->tag);
 
@@ -3297,25 +3298,6 @@ void transport_send_task_abort(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cmd->t_state_lock, flags);
 
-	/*
-	 * If there are still expected incoming fabric WRITEs, we wait
-	 * until until they have completed before sending a TASK_ABORTED
-	 * response.  This response with TASK_ABORTED status will be
-	 * queued back to fabric module by transport_check_aborted_status().
-	 */
-	if (cmd->data_direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE) {
-		if (cmd->se_tfo->write_pending_status(cmd) != 0) {
-			spin_lock_irqsave(&cmd->t_state_lock, flags);
-			if (cmd->se_cmd_flags & SCF_SEND_DELAYED_TAS) {
-				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cmd->t_state_lock, flags);
-				goto send_abort;
-			}
-			cmd->se_cmd_flags |= SCF_SEND_DELAYED_TAS;
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cmd->t_state_lock, flags);
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-send_abort:
 	cmd->scsi_status = SAM_STAT_TASK_ABORTED;
 
 	transport_lun_remove_cmd(cmd);
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_fabric.h b/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
index 3b81a5b01497..7c62923b16b6 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ struct target_core_fabric_ops {
 	struct configfs_attribute **tfc_tpg_nacl_attrib_attrs;
 	struct configfs_attribute **tfc_tpg_nacl_auth_attrs;
 	struct configfs_attribute **tfc_tpg_nacl_param_attrs;
+
+	/*
+	 * Set this member variable to true if the SCSI transport protocol
+	 * (e.g. iSCSI) requires that the Data-Out buffer is transferred in
+	 * its entirety before a command is aborted.
+	 */
+	bool write_pending_must_be_called;
 };
 
 int target_register_template(const struct target_core_fabric_ops *fo);