diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
index f9f3a1224dfa..ea025e4806b6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
@@ -2097,7 +2097,7 @@ static void iscsi_check_transport_timeouts(unsigned long data)
 				  conn->ping_timeout, conn->recv_timeout,
 				  last_recv, conn->last_ping, jiffies);
 		spin_unlock(&session->frwd_lock);
-		iscsi_conn_failure(conn, ISCSI_ERR_CONN_FAILED);
+		iscsi_conn_failure(conn, ISCSI_ERR_NOP_TIMEDOUT);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/iscsi_if.h b/include/scsi/iscsi_if.h
index fd0421c6d40a..95ed9424a11a 100644
--- a/include/scsi/iscsi_if.h
+++ b/include/scsi/iscsi_if.h
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ enum iscsi_err {
 	ISCSI_ERR_XMIT_FAILED		= ISCSI_ERR_BASE + 19,
 	ISCSI_ERR_TCP_CONN_CLOSE	= ISCSI_ERR_BASE + 20,
 	ISCSI_ERR_SCSI_EH_SESSION_RST	= ISCSI_ERR_BASE + 21,
+	ISCSI_ERR_NOP_TIMEDOUT		= ISCSI_ERR_BASE + 22,
 };
 
 /*