spin_unlock_irqrestore(&session->lock, flags);
        scsi_target_block(&session->dev);
        ISCSI_DBG_TRANS_SESSION(session, "Completed SCSI target blocking\n");
-       queue_delayed_work(iscsi_eh_timer_workq, &session->recovery_work,
-                          session->recovery_tmo * HZ);
+       if (session->recovery_tmo >= 0)
+               queue_delayed_work(iscsi_eh_timer_workq,
+                                  &session->recovery_work,
+                                  session->recovery_tmo * HZ);
 }
 
 void iscsi_block_session(struct iscsi_cls_session *session)
        switch (ev->u.set_param.param) {
        case ISCSI_PARAM_SESS_RECOVERY_TMO:
                sscanf(data, "%d", &value);
-               if (value != 0)
-                       session->recovery_tmo = value;
+               session->recovery_tmo = value;
                break;
        default:
                err = transport->set_param(conn, ev->u.set_param.param,