static DEFINE_MUTEX(np_lock);
 
 static struct idr tiqn_idr;
-struct idr sess_idr;
+DEFINE_IDA(sess_ida);
 struct mutex auth_id_lock;
-spinlock_t sess_idr_lock;
 
 struct iscsit_global *iscsit_global;
 
 
        spin_lock_init(&iscsit_global->ts_bitmap_lock);
        mutex_init(&auth_id_lock);
-       spin_lock_init(&sess_idr_lock);
        idr_init(&tiqn_idr);
-       idr_init(&sess_idr);
 
        ret = target_register_template(&iscsi_ops);
        if (ret)
        pr_debug("Decremented number of active iSCSI Sessions on"
                " iSCSI TPG: %hu to %u\n", tpg->tpgt, tpg->nsessions);
 
-       spin_lock(&sess_idr_lock);
-       idr_remove(&sess_idr, sess->session_index);
-       spin_unlock(&sess_idr_lock);
-
+       ida_free(&sess_ida, sess->session_index);
        kfree(sess->sess_ops);
        sess->sess_ops = NULL;
        spin_unlock_bh(&se_tpg->session_lock);
 
        timer_setup(&sess->time2retain_timer,
                    iscsit_handle_time2retain_timeout, 0);
 
-       idr_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
-       spin_lock_bh(&sess_idr_lock);
-       ret = idr_alloc(&sess_idr, NULL, 0, 0, GFP_NOWAIT);
-       if (ret >= 0)
-               sess->session_index = ret;
-       spin_unlock_bh(&sess_idr_lock);
-       idr_preload_end();
-
+       ret = ida_alloc(&sess_ida, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (ret < 0) {
-               pr_err("idr_alloc() for sess_idr failed\n");
+               pr_err("Session ID allocation failed %d\n", ret);
                iscsit_tx_login_rsp(conn, ISCSI_STATUS_CLS_TARGET_ERR,
                                ISCSI_LOGIN_STATUS_NO_RESOURCES);
                goto free_sess;
        }
 
+       sess->session_index = ret;
        sess->creation_time = get_jiffies_64();
        /*
         * The FFP CmdSN window values will be allocated from the TPG's
                                ISCSI_LOGIN_STATUS_NO_RESOURCES);
                pr_err("Unable to allocate memory for"
                                " struct iscsi_sess_ops.\n");
-               goto remove_idr;
+               goto free_id;
        }
 
        sess->se_sess = transport_init_session(TARGET_PROT_NORMAL);
 
 free_ops:
        kfree(sess->sess_ops);
-remove_idr:
-       spin_lock_bh(&sess_idr_lock);
-       idr_remove(&sess_idr, sess->session_index);
-       spin_unlock_bh(&sess_idr_lock);
+free_id:
+       ida_free(&sess_ida, sess->session_index);
 free_sess:
        kfree(sess);
        conn->sess = NULL;
                goto old_sess_out;
 
        transport_free_session(conn->sess->se_sess);
-
-       spin_lock_bh(&sess_idr_lock);
-       idr_remove(&sess_idr, conn->sess->session_index);
-       spin_unlock_bh(&sess_idr_lock);
-
+       ida_free(&sess_ida, conn->sess->session_index);
        kfree(conn->sess->sess_ops);
        kfree(conn->sess);
        conn->sess = NULL;