diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
index 829d444733..fa69408df9 100644
--- a/block/iscsi.c
+++ b/block/iscsi.c
@@ -239,44 +239,6 @@ iscsi_process_write(void *arg)
     iscsi_set_events(iscsilun);
 }
 
-static int
-iscsi_aio_writev_acb(IscsiAIOCB *acb);
-
-static void
-iscsi_aio_write16_cb(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int status,
-                     void *command_data, void *opaque)
-{
-    IscsiAIOCB *acb = opaque;
-
-    trace_iscsi_aio_write16_cb(iscsi, status, acb, acb->canceled);
-
-    g_free(acb->buf);
-    acb->buf = NULL;
-
-    if (acb->canceled != 0) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    acb->status = 0;
-    if (status != 0) {
-        if (status == SCSI_STATUS_CHECK_CONDITION
-            && acb->task->sense.key == SCSI_SENSE_UNIT_ATTENTION
-            && acb->retries-- > 0) {
-            scsi_free_scsi_task(acb->task);
-            acb->task = NULL;
-            if (iscsi_aio_writev_acb(acb) == 0) {
-                iscsi_set_events(acb->iscsilun);
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-        error_report("Failed to write16 data to iSCSI lun. %s",
-                     iscsi_get_error(iscsi));
-        acb->status = -EIO;
-    }
-
-    iscsi_schedule_bh(acb);
-}
-
 static int64_t sector_lun2qemu(int64_t sector, IscsiLun *iscsilun)
 {
     return sector * iscsilun->block_size / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
@@ -301,324 +263,172 @@ static bool is_request_lun_aligned(int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors,
     return 1;
 }
 
-static int
-iscsi_aio_writev_acb(IscsiAIOCB *acb)
+static int coroutine_fn iscsi_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                        int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors,
+                                        QEMUIOVector *iov)
 {
-    struct iscsi_context *iscsi = acb->iscsilun->iscsi;
-    size_t size;
-    uint32_t num_sectors;
+    IscsiLun *iscsilun = bs->opaque;
+    struct IscsiTask iTask;
     uint64_t lba;
+    uint32_t num_sectors;
+    uint8_t *data = NULL;
+    uint8_t *buf = NULL;
+
+    if (!is_request_lun_aligned(sector_num, nb_sectors, iscsilun)) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    lba = sector_qemu2lun(sector_num, iscsilun);
+    num_sectors = sector_qemu2lun(nb_sectors, iscsilun);
 #if !defined(LIBISCSI_FEATURE_IOVECTOR)
-    struct iscsi_data data;
-#endif
-    int ret;
-
-    acb->canceled   = 0;
-    acb->bh         = NULL;
-    acb->status     = -EINPROGRESS;
-    acb->buf        = NULL;
-
-    /* this will allow us to get rid of 'buf' completely */
-    size = acb->nb_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-
-#if !defined(LIBISCSI_FEATURE_IOVECTOR)
-    data.size = MIN(size, acb->qiov->size);
-
     /* if the iovec only contains one buffer we can pass it directly */
-    if (acb->qiov->niov == 1) {
-        data.data = acb->qiov->iov[0].iov_base;
+    if (iov->niov == 1) {
+        data = iov->iov[0].iov_base;
     } else {
-        acb->buf = g_malloc(data.size);
-        qemu_iovec_to_buf(acb->qiov, 0, acb->buf, data.size);
-        data.data = acb->buf;
+        size_t size = MIN(nb_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, iov->size);
+        buf = g_malloc(size);
+        qemu_iovec_to_buf(iov, 0, buf, size);
+        data = buf;
     }
 #endif
-
-    acb->task = malloc(sizeof(struct scsi_task));
-    if (acb->task == NULL) {
-        error_report("iSCSI: Failed to allocate task for scsi WRITE16 "
-                     "command. %s", iscsi_get_error(iscsi));
-        return -1;
+    iscsi_co_init_iscsitask(iscsilun, &iTask);
+retry:
+    iTask.task = iscsi_write16_task(iscsilun->iscsi, iscsilun->lun, lba,
+                                    data, num_sectors * iscsilun->block_size,
+                                    iscsilun->block_size, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                    iscsi_co_generic_cb, &iTask);
+    if (iTask.task == NULL) {
+        g_free(buf);
+        return -EIO;
     }
-    memset(acb->task, 0, sizeof(struct scsi_task));
-
-    acb->task->xfer_dir = SCSI_XFER_WRITE;
-    acb->task->cdb_size = 16;
-    acb->task->cdb[0] = 0x8a;
-    lba = sector_qemu2lun(acb->sector_num, acb->iscsilun);
-    *(uint32_t *)&acb->task->cdb[2]  = htonl(lba >> 32);
-    *(uint32_t *)&acb->task->cdb[6]  = htonl(lba & 0xffffffff);
-    num_sectors = sector_qemu2lun(acb->nb_sectors, acb->iscsilun);
-    *(uint32_t *)&acb->task->cdb[10] = htonl(num_sectors);
-    acb->task->expxferlen = size;
-
 #if defined(LIBISCSI_FEATURE_IOVECTOR)
-    ret = iscsi_scsi_command_async(iscsi, acb->iscsilun->lun, acb->task,
-                                   iscsi_aio_write16_cb,
-                                   NULL,
-                                   acb);
-#else
-    ret = iscsi_scsi_command_async(iscsi, acb->iscsilun->lun, acb->task,
-                                   iscsi_aio_write16_cb,
-                                   &data,
-                                   acb);
+    scsi_task_set_iov_out(iTask.task, (struct scsi_iovec *) iov->iov,
+                          iov->niov);
 #endif
-    if (ret != 0) {
-        scsi_free_scsi_task(acb->task);
-        g_free(acb->buf);
-        return -1;
+    while (!iTask.complete) {
+        iscsi_set_events(iscsilun);
+        qemu_coroutine_yield();
     }
 
-#if defined(LIBISCSI_FEATURE_IOVECTOR)
-    scsi_task_set_iov_out(acb->task, (struct scsi_iovec*) acb->qiov->iov, acb->qiov->niov);
-#endif
+    if (iTask.task != NULL) {
+        scsi_free_scsi_task(iTask.task);
+        iTask.task = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (iTask.do_retry) {
+        goto retry;
+    }
+
+    g_free(buf);
+
+    if (iTask.status != SCSI_STATUS_GOOD) {
+        return -EIO;
+    }
 
     return 0;
 }
 
-static BlockDriverAIOCB *
-iscsi_aio_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
-                 QEMUIOVector *qiov, int nb_sectors,
-                 BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb,
-                 void *opaque)
+static int coroutine_fn iscsi_co_readv(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                       int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors,
+                                       QEMUIOVector *iov)
 {
     IscsiLun *iscsilun = bs->opaque;
-    IscsiAIOCB *acb;
-
-    if (!is_request_lun_aligned(sector_num, nb_sectors, iscsilun)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    acb = qemu_aio_get(&iscsi_aiocb_info, bs, cb, opaque);
-    trace_iscsi_aio_writev(iscsilun->iscsi, sector_num, nb_sectors, opaque, acb);
-
-    acb->iscsilun    = iscsilun;
-    acb->qiov        = qiov;
-    acb->nb_sectors  = nb_sectors;
-    acb->sector_num  = sector_num;
-    acb->retries     = ISCSI_CMD_RETRIES;
-
-    if (iscsi_aio_writev_acb(acb) != 0) {
-        qemu_aio_release(acb);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    iscsi_set_events(iscsilun);
-    return &acb->common;
-}
-
-static int
-iscsi_aio_readv_acb(IscsiAIOCB *acb);
-
-static void
-iscsi_aio_read16_cb(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int status,
-                    void *command_data, void *opaque)
-{
-    IscsiAIOCB *acb = opaque;
-
-    trace_iscsi_aio_read16_cb(iscsi, status, acb, acb->canceled);
-
-    if (acb->canceled != 0) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    acb->status = 0;
-    if (status != 0) {
-        if (status == SCSI_STATUS_CHECK_CONDITION
-            && acb->task->sense.key == SCSI_SENSE_UNIT_ATTENTION
-            && acb->retries-- > 0) {
-            scsi_free_scsi_task(acb->task);
-            acb->task = NULL;
-            if (iscsi_aio_readv_acb(acb) == 0) {
-                iscsi_set_events(acb->iscsilun);
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-        error_report("Failed to read16 data from iSCSI lun. %s",
-                     iscsi_get_error(iscsi));
-        acb->status = -EIO;
-    }
-
-    iscsi_schedule_bh(acb);
-}
-
-static int
-iscsi_aio_readv_acb(IscsiAIOCB *acb)
-{
-    struct iscsi_context *iscsi = acb->iscsilun->iscsi;
-    size_t size;
+    struct IscsiTask iTask;
     uint64_t lba;
     uint32_t num_sectors;
-    int ret;
 #if !defined(LIBISCSI_FEATURE_IOVECTOR)
     int i;
 #endif
 
-    acb->canceled    = 0;
-    acb->bh          = NULL;
-    acb->status      = -EINPROGRESS;
-    acb->buf         = NULL;
-
-    size = acb->nb_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-
-    acb->task = malloc(sizeof(struct scsi_task));
-    if (acb->task == NULL) {
-        error_report("iSCSI: Failed to allocate task for scsi READ16 "
-                     "command. %s", iscsi_get_error(iscsi));
-        return -1;
+    if (!is_request_lun_aligned(sector_num, nb_sectors, iscsilun)) {
+        return -EINVAL;
     }
-    memset(acb->task, 0, sizeof(struct scsi_task));
 
-    acb->task->xfer_dir = SCSI_XFER_READ;
-    acb->task->expxferlen = size;
-    lba = sector_qemu2lun(acb->sector_num, acb->iscsilun);
-    num_sectors = sector_qemu2lun(acb->nb_sectors, acb->iscsilun);
+    lba = sector_qemu2lun(sector_num, iscsilun);
+    num_sectors = sector_qemu2lun(nb_sectors, iscsilun);
 
-    switch (acb->iscsilun->type) {
+    iscsi_co_init_iscsitask(iscsilun, &iTask);
+retry:
+    switch (iscsilun->type) {
     case TYPE_DISK:
-        acb->task->cdb_size = 16;
-        acb->task->cdb[0]  = 0x88;
-        *(uint32_t *)&acb->task->cdb[2]  = htonl(lba >> 32);
-        *(uint32_t *)&acb->task->cdb[6]  = htonl(lba & 0xffffffff);
-        *(uint32_t *)&acb->task->cdb[10] = htonl(num_sectors);
+        iTask.task = iscsi_read16_task(iscsilun->iscsi, iscsilun->lun, lba,
+                                       num_sectors * iscsilun->block_size,
+                                       iscsilun->block_size, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                       iscsi_co_generic_cb, &iTask);
         break;
     default:
-        acb->task->cdb_size = 10;
-        acb->task->cdb[0]  = 0x28;
-        *(uint32_t *)&acb->task->cdb[2] = htonl(lba);
-        *(uint16_t *)&acb->task->cdb[7] = htons(num_sectors);
+        iTask.task = iscsi_read10_task(iscsilun->iscsi, iscsilun->lun, lba,
+                                       num_sectors * iscsilun->block_size,
+                                       iscsilun->block_size, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                       iscsi_co_generic_cb, &iTask);
         break;
     }
-
-    ret = iscsi_scsi_command_async(iscsi, acb->iscsilun->lun, acb->task,
-                                   iscsi_aio_read16_cb,
-                                   NULL,
-                                   acb);
-    if (ret != 0) {
-        scsi_free_scsi_task(acb->task);
-        return -1;
+    if (iTask.task == NULL) {
+        return -EIO;
     }
-
 #if defined(LIBISCSI_FEATURE_IOVECTOR)
-    scsi_task_set_iov_in(acb->task, (struct scsi_iovec*) acb->qiov->iov, acb->qiov->niov);
+    scsi_task_set_iov_in(iTask.task, (struct scsi_iovec *) iov->iov, iov->niov);
 #else
-    for (i = 0; i < acb->qiov->niov; i++) {
-        scsi_task_add_data_in_buffer(acb->task,
-                acb->qiov->iov[i].iov_len,
-                acb->qiov->iov[i].iov_base);
+    for (i = 0; i < iov->niov; i++) {
+        scsi_task_add_data_in_buffer(iTask.task,
+                                     iov->iov[i].iov_len,
+                                     iov->iov[i].iov_base);
     }
 #endif
-    return 0;
-}
 
-static BlockDriverAIOCB *
-iscsi_aio_readv(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
-                QEMUIOVector *qiov, int nb_sectors,
-                BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb,
-                void *opaque)
-{
-    IscsiLun *iscsilun = bs->opaque;
-    IscsiAIOCB *acb;
-
-    if (!is_request_lun_aligned(sector_num, nb_sectors, iscsilun)) {
-        return NULL;
+    while (!iTask.complete) {
+        iscsi_set_events(iscsilun);
+        qemu_coroutine_yield();
     }
 
-    acb = qemu_aio_get(&iscsi_aiocb_info, bs, cb, opaque);
-    trace_iscsi_aio_readv(iscsilun->iscsi, sector_num, nb_sectors, opaque, acb);
-
-    acb->nb_sectors  = nb_sectors;
-    acb->sector_num  = sector_num;
-    acb->iscsilun    = iscsilun;
-    acb->qiov        = qiov;
-    acb->retries     = ISCSI_CMD_RETRIES;
-
-    if (iscsi_aio_readv_acb(acb) != 0) {
-        qemu_aio_release(acb);
-        return NULL;
+    if (iTask.task != NULL) {
+        scsi_free_scsi_task(iTask.task);
+        iTask.task = NULL;
     }
 
-    iscsi_set_events(iscsilun);
-    return &acb->common;
-}
-
-static int
-iscsi_aio_flush_acb(IscsiAIOCB *acb);
-
-static void
-iscsi_synccache10_cb(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int status,
-                     void *command_data, void *opaque)
-{
-    IscsiAIOCB *acb = opaque;
-
-    if (acb->canceled != 0) {
-        return;
+    if (iTask.do_retry) {
+        goto retry;
     }
 
-    acb->status = 0;
-    if (status != 0) {
-        if (status == SCSI_STATUS_CHECK_CONDITION
-            && acb->task->sense.key == SCSI_SENSE_UNIT_ATTENTION
-            && acb->retries-- > 0) {
-            scsi_free_scsi_task(acb->task);
-            acb->task = NULL;
-            if (iscsi_aio_flush_acb(acb) == 0) {
-                iscsi_set_events(acb->iscsilun);
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-        error_report("Failed to sync10 data on iSCSI lun. %s",
-                     iscsi_get_error(iscsi));
-        acb->status = -EIO;
-    }
-
-    iscsi_schedule_bh(acb);
-}
-
-static int
-iscsi_aio_flush_acb(IscsiAIOCB *acb)
-{
-    struct iscsi_context *iscsi = acb->iscsilun->iscsi;
-
-    acb->canceled   = 0;
-    acb->bh         = NULL;
-    acb->status     = -EINPROGRESS;
-    acb->buf        = NULL;
-
-    acb->task = iscsi_synchronizecache10_task(iscsi, acb->iscsilun->lun,
-                                         0, 0, 0, 0,
-                                         iscsi_synccache10_cb,
-                                         acb);
-    if (acb->task == NULL) {
-        error_report("iSCSI: Failed to send synchronizecache10 command. %s",
-                     iscsi_get_error(iscsi));
-        return -1;
+    if (iTask.status != SCSI_STATUS_GOOD) {
+        return -EIO;
     }
 
     return 0;
 }
 
-static BlockDriverAIOCB *
-iscsi_aio_flush(BlockDriverState *bs,
-                BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque)
+static int coroutine_fn iscsi_co_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
     IscsiLun *iscsilun = bs->opaque;
+    struct IscsiTask iTask;
 
-    IscsiAIOCB *acb;
+    iscsi_co_init_iscsitask(iscsilun, &iTask);
 
-    acb = qemu_aio_get(&iscsi_aiocb_info, bs, cb, opaque);
-
-    acb->iscsilun    = iscsilun;
-    acb->retries     = ISCSI_CMD_RETRIES;
-
-    if (iscsi_aio_flush_acb(acb) != 0) {
-        qemu_aio_release(acb);
-        return NULL;
+retry:
+    if (iscsi_synchronizecache10_task(iscsilun->iscsi, iscsilun->lun, 0, 0, 0,
+                                      0, iscsi_co_generic_cb, &iTask) == NULL) {
+        return -EIO;
     }
 
-    iscsi_set_events(iscsilun);
+    while (!iTask.complete) {
+        iscsi_set_events(iscsilun);
+        qemu_coroutine_yield();
+    }
 
-    return &acb->common;
+    if (iTask.task != NULL) {
+        scsi_free_scsi_task(iTask.task);
+        iTask.task = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (iTask.do_retry) {
+        goto retry;
+    }
+
+    if (iTask.status != SCSI_STATUS_GOOD) {
+        return -EIO;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef __linux__
@@ -1624,10 +1434,9 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_iscsi = {
 #if defined(SCSI_SENSE_ASCQ_CAPACITY_DATA_HAS_CHANGED)
     .bdrv_co_write_zeroes = iscsi_co_write_zeroes,
 #endif
-
-    .bdrv_aio_readv  = iscsi_aio_readv,
-    .bdrv_aio_writev = iscsi_aio_writev,
-    .bdrv_aio_flush  = iscsi_aio_flush,
+    .bdrv_co_readv         = iscsi_co_readv,
+    .bdrv_co_writev        = iscsi_co_writev,
+    .bdrv_co_flush_to_disk = iscsi_co_flush,
 
 #ifdef __linux__
     .bdrv_ioctl       = iscsi_ioctl,
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 066622865f..8144d9fc67 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3025,13 +3025,13 @@ fi
 
 ##########################################
 # Do we have libiscsi
-# We check for iscsi_unmap_sync() to make sure we have a
-# recent enough version of libiscsi.
+# We check for iscsi_write16_sync() to make sure we have a
+# at least version 1.4.0 of libiscsi.
 if test "$libiscsi" != "no" ; then
   cat > $TMPC << EOF
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <iscsi/iscsi.h>
-int main(void) { iscsi_unmap_sync(NULL,0,0,0,NULL,0); return 0; }
+int main(void) { iscsi_write16_sync(NULL,0,0,NULL,0,0,0,0,0,0,0); return 0; }
 EOF
   if $pkg_config --atleast-version=1.7.0 libiscsi; then
     libiscsi="yes"