1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index 65001e133670..26416c15d65c 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -798,10 +798,10 @@ int se_dev_set_emulate_write_cache(struct se_device *dev, int flag)
                 pr_err("emulate_write_cache not supported for pSCSI\n");
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
-        if (dev->transport->get_write_cache) {
-                pr_warn("emulate_write_cache cannot be changed when underlying"
-                        " HW reports WriteCacheEnabled, ignoring request\n");
-                return 0;
+        if (flag &&
+            dev->transport->get_write_cache) {
+                pr_err("emulate_write_cache not supported for this device\n");
+                return -EINVAL;
         }
 
         dev->dev_attrib.emulate_write_cache = flag;
@@ -936,6 +936,10 @@ int se_dev_set_pi_prot_type(struct se_device *dev, int flag)
                 return 0;
         }
         if (!dev->transport->init_prot || !dev->transport->free_prot) {
+                /* 0 is only allowed value for non-supporting backends */
+                if (flag == 0)
+                        return 0;
+
                 pr_err("DIF protection not supported by backend: %s\n",
                        dev->transport->name);
                 return -ENOSYS;