diff --git a/iscsi-scst/usr/session.c b/iscsi-scst/usr/session.c
index fe25b1c05..9886cfe42 100644
--- a/iscsi-scst/usr/session.c
+++ b/iscsi-scst/usr/session.c
@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@ void session_free(struct session *session)
 {
 	log_debug(1, "Freeing session sid %#"PRIx64, session->sid.id64);
 
-	kernel_session_destroy(session->target->tid, session->sid.id64);
-
 	if (session->target) {
 		struct target *target = session->target;
 
+		kernel_session_destroy(target->tid, session->sid.id64);
+
 		target->sessions_count--;
 		log_debug(1, "target %s, sessions_count %d", target->name,
 			target->sessions_count);