diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index e31339be7dd7..5d8850f5aef1 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static u32 vhost_scsi_tpg_get_inst_index(struct se_portal_group *se_tpg)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static void vhost_scsi_release_cmd(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
+static void vhost_scsi_release_cmd_res(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
 {
 	struct vhost_scsi_cmd *tv_cmd = container_of(se_cmd,
 				struct vhost_scsi_cmd, tvc_se_cmd);
@@ -344,6 +344,16 @@ static void vhost_scsi_release_cmd(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
 	vhost_scsi_put_inflight(inflight);
 }
 
+static void vhost_scsi_release_cmd(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
+{
+	struct vhost_scsi_cmd *cmd = container_of(se_cmd,
+					struct vhost_scsi_cmd, tvc_se_cmd);
+	struct vhost_scsi *vs = cmd->tvc_vhost;
+
+	llist_add(&cmd->tvc_completion_list, &vs->vs_completion_list);
+	vhost_work_queue(&vs->dev, &vs->vs_completion_work);
+}
+
 static u32 vhost_scsi_sess_get_index(struct se_session *se_sess)
 {
 	return 0;
@@ -366,28 +376,15 @@ static int vhost_scsi_get_cmd_state(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void vhost_scsi_complete_cmd(struct vhost_scsi_cmd *cmd)
-{
-	struct vhost_scsi *vs = cmd->tvc_vhost;
-
-	llist_add(&cmd->tvc_completion_list, &vs->vs_completion_list);
-
-	vhost_work_queue(&vs->dev, &vs->vs_completion_work);
-}
-
 static int vhost_scsi_queue_data_in(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
 {
-	struct vhost_scsi_cmd *cmd = container_of(se_cmd,
-				struct vhost_scsi_cmd, tvc_se_cmd);
-	vhost_scsi_complete_cmd(cmd);
+	transport_generic_free_cmd(se_cmd, 0);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int vhost_scsi_queue_status(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
 {
-	struct vhost_scsi_cmd *cmd = container_of(se_cmd,
-				struct vhost_scsi_cmd, tvc_se_cmd);
-	vhost_scsi_complete_cmd(cmd);
+	transport_generic_free_cmd(se_cmd, 0);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -433,15 +430,6 @@ vhost_scsi_allocate_evt(struct vhost_scsi *vs,
 	return evt;
 }
 
-static void vhost_scsi_free_cmd(struct vhost_scsi_cmd *cmd)
-{
-	struct se_cmd *se_cmd = &cmd->tvc_se_cmd;
-
-	/* TODO locking against target/backend threads? */
-	transport_generic_free_cmd(se_cmd, 0);
-
-}
-
 static int vhost_scsi_check_stop_free(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
 {
 	return target_put_sess_cmd(se_cmd);
@@ -560,7 +548,7 @@ static void vhost_scsi_complete_cmd_work(struct vhost_work *work)
 		} else
 			pr_err("Faulted on virtio_scsi_cmd_resp\n");
 
-		vhost_scsi_free_cmd(cmd);
+		vhost_scsi_release_cmd_res(se_cmd);
 	}
 
 	vq = -1;
@@ -1091,7 +1079,7 @@ vhost_scsi_handle_vq(struct vhost_scsi *vs, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 						      &prot_iter, exp_data_len,
 						      &data_iter))) {
 				vq_err(vq, "Failed to map iov to sgl\n");
-				vhost_scsi_release_cmd(&cmd->tvc_se_cmd);
+				vhost_scsi_release_cmd_res(&cmd->tvc_se_cmd);
 				goto err;
 			}
 		}