static void ft_queue_cmd(struct ft_sess *sess, struct ft_cmd *cmd)
 {
-       struct se_queue_obj *qobj;
+       struct ft_tpg *tpg = sess->tport->tpg;
+       struct se_queue_obj *qobj = &tpg->qobj;
        unsigned long flags;
 
        qobj = &sess->tport->tpg->qobj;
        spin_lock_irqsave(&qobj->cmd_queue_lock, flags);
        list_add_tail(&cmd->se_req.qr_list, &qobj->qobj_list);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qobj->cmd_queue_lock, flags);
        atomic_inc(&qobj->queue_cnt);
-       wake_up_interruptible(&qobj->thread_wq);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qobj->cmd_queue_lock, flags);
+
+       wake_up_process(tpg->thread);
 }
 
 static struct ft_cmd *ft_dequeue_cmd(struct se_queue_obj *qobj)
        struct ft_tpg *tpg = arg;
        struct se_queue_obj *qobj = &tpg->qobj;
        struct ft_cmd *cmd;
-       int ret;
-
-       set_user_nice(current, -20);
 
        while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-               ret = wait_event_interruptible(qobj->thread_wq,
-                       atomic_read(&qobj->queue_cnt) || kthread_should_stop());
-               if (ret < 0 || kthread_should_stop())
+               schedule_timeout_interruptible(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
+               if (kthread_should_stop())
                        goto out;
+
                cmd = ft_dequeue_cmd(qobj);
                if (cmd)
                        ft_exec_req(cmd);
 
                return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
        acl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ft_node_acl), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!(acl))
+       if (!acl)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
        acl->node_auth.port_name = wwpn;
 
        struct ft_node_acl *acl;
 
        acl = kzalloc(sizeof(*acl), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!(acl)) {
+       if (!acl) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to allocate struct ft_node_acl\n");
                return NULL;
        }