if (sgl_prot_count) {
                se_cmd->t_prot_sg = sgl_prot;
                se_cmd->t_prot_nents = sgl_prot_count;
+               se_cmd->se_cmd_flags |= SCF_PASSTHROUGH_PROT_SG_TO_MEM_NOALLOC;
        }
 
        /*
 
 static inline void transport_free_pages(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 {
+       if (!(cmd->se_cmd_flags & SCF_PASSTHROUGH_PROT_SG_TO_MEM_NOALLOC)) {
+               transport_free_sgl(cmd->t_prot_sg, cmd->t_prot_nents);
+               cmd->t_prot_sg = NULL;
+               cmd->t_prot_nents = 0;
+       }
+
        if (cmd->se_cmd_flags & SCF_PASSTHROUGH_SG_TO_MEM_NOALLOC) {
                /*
                 * Release special case READ buffer payload required for
        transport_free_sgl(cmd->t_bidi_data_sg, cmd->t_bidi_data_nents);
        cmd->t_bidi_data_sg = NULL;
        cmd->t_bidi_data_nents = 0;
-
-       transport_free_sgl(cmd->t_prot_sg, cmd->t_prot_nents);
-       cmd->t_prot_sg = NULL;
-       cmd->t_prot_nents = 0;
 }
 
 /**
        int ret = 0;
        bool zero_flag = !(cmd->se_cmd_flags & SCF_SCSI_DATA_CDB);
 
+       if (cmd->prot_op != TARGET_PROT_NORMAL &&
+           !(cmd->se_cmd_flags & SCF_PASSTHROUGH_PROT_SG_TO_MEM_NOALLOC)) {
+               ret = target_alloc_sgl(&cmd->t_prot_sg, &cmd->t_prot_nents,
+                                      cmd->prot_length, true);
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       return TCM_LOGICAL_UNIT_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE;
+       }
+
        /*
         * Determine is the TCM fabric module has already allocated physical
         * memory, and is directly calling transport_generic_map_mem_to_cmd()
                                return TCM_LOGICAL_UNIT_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE;
                }
 
-               if (cmd->prot_op != TARGET_PROT_NORMAL) {
-                       ret = target_alloc_sgl(&cmd->t_prot_sg,
-                                              &cmd->t_prot_nents,
-                                              cmd->prot_length, true);
-                       if (ret < 0)
-                               return TCM_LOGICAL_UNIT_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE;
-               }
-
                ret = target_alloc_sgl(&cmd->t_data_sg, &cmd->t_data_nents,
                                       cmd->data_length, zero_flag);
                if (ret < 0)
 
        SCF_PASSTHROUGH_SG_TO_MEM_NOALLOC = 0x00020000,
        SCF_COMPARE_AND_WRITE           = 0x00080000,
        SCF_COMPARE_AND_WRITE_POST      = 0x00100000,
+       SCF_PASSTHROUGH_PROT_SG_TO_MEM_NOALLOC = 0x00200000,
 };
 
 /* struct se_dev_entry->lun_flags and struct se_lun->lun_access */