" transport_dev_end_lba(): %llu\n",
                        cmd->t_task_lba, sectors,
                        transport_dev_end_lba(dev));
-               pr_err("  We should return CHECK_CONDITION"
-                      " but we don't yet\n");
-               return 0;
+               return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       return sectors;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int target_check_write_same_discard(unsigned char *flags, struct se_device *dev)
                cmd->se_cmd_flags |= SCF_EMULATE_CDB_ASYNC;
                /*
                 * Check to ensure that LBA + Range does not exceed past end of
-                * device.
+                * device for IBLOCK and FILEIO ->do_sync_cache() backend calls
                 */
-               if (!transport_cmd_get_valid_sectors(cmd))
-                       goto out_invalid_cdb_field;
+               if ((cmd->t_task_lba != 0) || (sectors != 0)) {
+                       if (transport_cmd_get_valid_sectors(cmd) < 0)
+                               goto out_invalid_cdb_field;
+               }
                break;
        case UNMAP:
                size = get_unaligned_be16(&cdb[7]);