diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index 8cb1fa0c0585..44bb380e7390 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -772,6 +772,8 @@ struct se_device *target_alloc_device(struct se_hba *hba, const char *name)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->t10_alua.lba_map_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->t10_alua.lba_map_lock);
 
+	INIT_WORK(&dev->delayed_cmd_work, target_do_delayed_work);
+
 	dev->t10_wwn.t10_dev = dev;
 	/*
 	 * Use OpenFabrics IEEE Company ID: 00 14 05
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
index a343bcfa2180..a889a6237d9c 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_internal.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ int	transport_dump_vpd_ident(struct t10_vpd *, unsigned char *, int);
 void	transport_clear_lun_ref(struct se_lun *);
 sense_reason_t	target_cmd_size_check(struct se_cmd *cmd, unsigned int size);
 void	target_qf_do_work(struct work_struct *work);
+void	target_do_delayed_work(struct work_struct *work);
 bool	target_check_wce(struct se_device *dev);
 bool	target_check_fua(struct se_device *dev);
 void	__target_execute_cmd(struct se_cmd *, bool);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index e02173a4b7bc..913f31561531 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -2173,32 +2173,35 @@ static bool target_handle_task_attr(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 	 */
 	switch (cmd->sam_task_attr) {
 	case TCM_HEAD_TAG:
+		atomic_inc_mb(&dev->non_ordered);
 		pr_debug("Added HEAD_OF_QUEUE for CDB: 0x%02x\n",
 			 cmd->t_task_cdb[0]);
 		return false;
 	case TCM_ORDERED_TAG:
-		atomic_inc_mb(&dev->dev_ordered_sync);
+		atomic_inc_mb(&dev->delayed_cmd_count);
 
 		pr_debug("Added ORDERED for CDB: 0x%02x to ordered list\n",
 			 cmd->t_task_cdb[0]);
-
-		/*
-		 * Execute an ORDERED command if no other older commands
-		 * exist that need to be completed first.
-		 */
-		if (!atomic_read(&dev->simple_cmds))
-			return false;
 		break;
 	default:
 		/*
 		 * For SIMPLE and UNTAGGED Task Attribute commands
 		 */
-		atomic_inc_mb(&dev->simple_cmds);
+		atomic_inc_mb(&dev->non_ordered);
+
+		if (atomic_read(&dev->delayed_cmd_count) == 0)
+			return false;
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (atomic_read(&dev->dev_ordered_sync) == 0)
-		return false;
+	if (cmd->sam_task_attr != TCM_ORDERED_TAG) {
+		atomic_inc_mb(&dev->delayed_cmd_count);
+		/*
+		 * We will account for this when we dequeue from the delayed
+		 * list.
+		 */
+		atomic_dec_mb(&dev->non_ordered);
+	}
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&cmd->t_state_lock);
 	cmd->transport_state &= ~CMD_T_SENT;
@@ -2210,6 +2213,12 @@ static bool target_handle_task_attr(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 
 	pr_debug("Added CDB: 0x%02x Task Attr: 0x%02x to delayed CMD listn",
 		cmd->t_task_cdb[0], cmd->sam_task_attr);
+	/*
+	 * We may have no non ordered cmds when this function started or we
+	 * could have raced with the last simple/head cmd completing, so kick
+	 * the delayed handler here.
+	 */
+	schedule_work(&dev->delayed_cmd_work);
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -2243,29 +2252,48 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(target_execute_cmd);
  * Process all commands up to the last received ORDERED task attribute which
  * requires another blocking boundary
  */
-static void target_restart_delayed_cmds(struct se_device *dev)
+void target_do_delayed_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	for (;;) {
+	struct se_device *dev = container_of(work, struct se_device,
+					     delayed_cmd_work);
+
+	spin_lock(&dev->delayed_cmd_lock);
+	while (!dev->ordered_sync_in_progress) {
 		struct se_cmd *cmd;
 
-		spin_lock(&dev->delayed_cmd_lock);
-		if (list_empty(&dev->delayed_cmd_list)) {
-			spin_unlock(&dev->delayed_cmd_lock);
+		if (list_empty(&dev->delayed_cmd_list))
 			break;
-		}
 
 		cmd = list_entry(dev->delayed_cmd_list.next,
 				 struct se_cmd, se_delayed_node);
+
+		if (cmd->sam_task_attr == TCM_ORDERED_TAG) {
+			/*
+			 * Check if we started with:
+			 * [ordered] [simple] [ordered]
+			 * and we are now at the last ordered so we have to wait
+			 * for the simple cmd.
+			 */
+			if (atomic_read(&dev->non_ordered) > 0)
+				break;
+
+			dev->ordered_sync_in_progress = true;
+		}
+
 		list_del(&cmd->se_delayed_node);
+		atomic_dec_mb(&dev->delayed_cmd_count);
 		spin_unlock(&dev->delayed_cmd_lock);
 
+		if (cmd->sam_task_attr != TCM_ORDERED_TAG)
+			atomic_inc_mb(&dev->non_ordered);
+
 		cmd->transport_state |= CMD_T_SENT;
 
 		__target_execute_cmd(cmd, true);
 
-		if (cmd->sam_task_attr == TCM_ORDERED_TAG)
-			break;
+		spin_lock(&dev->delayed_cmd_lock);
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&dev->delayed_cmd_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2283,14 +2311,17 @@ static void transport_complete_task_attr(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 		goto restart;
 
 	if (cmd->sam_task_attr == TCM_SIMPLE_TAG) {
-		atomic_dec_mb(&dev->simple_cmds);
+		atomic_dec_mb(&dev->non_ordered);
 		dev->dev_cur_ordered_id++;
 	} else if (cmd->sam_task_attr == TCM_HEAD_TAG) {
+		atomic_dec_mb(&dev->non_ordered);
 		dev->dev_cur_ordered_id++;
 		pr_debug("Incremented dev_cur_ordered_id: %u for HEAD_OF_QUEUE\n",
 			 dev->dev_cur_ordered_id);
 	} else if (cmd->sam_task_attr == TCM_ORDERED_TAG) {
-		atomic_dec_mb(&dev->dev_ordered_sync);
+		spin_lock(&dev->delayed_cmd_lock);
+		dev->ordered_sync_in_progress = false;
+		spin_unlock(&dev->delayed_cmd_lock);
 
 		dev->dev_cur_ordered_id++;
 		pr_debug("Incremented dev_cur_ordered_id: %u for ORDERED\n",
@@ -2299,7 +2330,8 @@ static void transport_complete_task_attr(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 	cmd->se_cmd_flags &= ~SCF_TASK_ATTR_SET;
 
 restart:
-	target_restart_delayed_cmds(dev);
+	if (atomic_read(&dev->delayed_cmd_count) > 0)
+		schedule_work(&dev->delayed_cmd_work);
 }
 
 static void transport_complete_qf(struct se_cmd *cmd)
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index fb11c7693b25..2121a323fd6c 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -812,8 +812,9 @@ struct se_device {
 	atomic_long_t		read_bytes;
 	atomic_long_t		write_bytes;
 	/* Active commands on this virtual SE device */
-	atomic_t		simple_cmds;
-	atomic_t		dev_ordered_sync;
+	atomic_t		non_ordered;
+	bool			ordered_sync_in_progress;
+	atomic_t		delayed_cmd_count;
 	atomic_t		dev_qf_count;
 	u32			export_count;
 	spinlock_t		delayed_cmd_lock;
@@ -834,6 +835,7 @@ struct se_device {
 	struct list_head	dev_sep_list;
 	struct list_head	dev_tmr_list;
 	struct work_struct	qf_work_queue;
+	struct work_struct	delayed_cmd_work;
 	struct list_head	delayed_cmd_list;
 	struct list_head	qf_cmd_list;
 	/* Pointer to associated SE HBA */
