1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index e183352a0645..ab64cbbb4976 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -1249,9 +1249,8 @@ iscsit_check_dataout_hdr(struct iscsi_conn *conn, unsigned char *buf,
         int rc;
 
         if (!payload_length) {
-                pr_err("DataOUT payload is ZERO, protocol error.\n");
-                return iscsit_add_reject(conn, ISCSI_REASON_PROTOCOL_ERROR,
-                                         buf);
+                pr_warn("DataOUT payload is ZERO, ignoring.\n");
+                return 0;
         }
 
         /* iSCSI write */
@@ -1481,7 +1480,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iscsit_check_dataout_payload);
 
 static int iscsit_handle_data_out(struct iscsi_conn *conn, unsigned char *buf)
 {
-        struct iscsi_cmd *cmd;
+        struct iscsi_cmd *cmd = NULL;
         struct iscsi_data *hdr = (struct iscsi_data *)buf;
         int rc;
         bool data_crc_failed = false;