return NULL;
 }
 
+static void scsi_target_destroy(struct scsi_target *starget)
+{
+       struct device *dev = &starget->dev;
+       struct Scsi_Host *shost = dev_to_shost(dev->parent);
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       transport_destroy_device(dev);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
+       if (shost->hostt->target_destroy)
+               shost->hostt->target_destroy(starget);
+       list_del_init(&starget->siblings);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
+       put_device(dev);
+}
+
 static void scsi_target_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 {
        struct device *parent = dev->parent;
        starget->channel = channel;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&starget->siblings);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&starget->devices);
-       starget->state = STARGET_RUNNING;
+       starget->state = STARGET_CREATED;
        starget->scsi_level = SCSI_2;
  retry:
        spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
        /* allocate and add */
        transport_setup_device(dev);
-       error = device_add(dev);
-       if (error) {
-               dev_err(dev, "target device_add failed, error %d\n", error);
-               spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
-               list_del_init(&starget->siblings);
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
-               transport_destroy_device(dev);
-               put_device(parent);
-               kfree(starget);
-               return NULL;
-       }
-       transport_add_device(dev);
        if (shost->hostt->target_alloc) {
                error = shost->hostt->target_alloc(starget);
 
                        dev_printk(KERN_ERR, dev, "target allocation failed, error %d\n", error);
                        /* don't want scsi_target_reap to do the final
                         * put because it will be under the host lock */
-                       get_device(dev);
-                       scsi_target_reap(starget);
-                       put_device(dev);
+                       scsi_target_destroy(starget);
                        return NULL;
                }
        }
 {
        struct scsi_target *starget =
                container_of(work, struct scsi_target, ew.work);
-       struct Scsi_Host *shost = dev_to_shost(starget->dev.parent);
-       unsigned long flags;
 
        transport_remove_device(&starget->dev);
        device_del(&starget->dev);
-       transport_destroy_device(&starget->dev);
-       spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
-       if (shost->hostt->target_destroy)
-               shost->hostt->target_destroy(starget);
-       list_del_init(&starget->siblings);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
-       put_device(&starget->dev);
+       scsi_target_destroy(starget);
 }
 
 /**
 {
        struct Scsi_Host *shost = dev_to_shost(starget->dev.parent);
        unsigned long flags;
+       enum scsi_target_state state;
+       int empty;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
+       state = starget->state;
+       empty = --starget->reap_ref == 0 &&
+               list_empty(&starget->devices) ? 1 : 0;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
 
-       if (--starget->reap_ref == 0 && list_empty(&starget->devices)) {
-               BUG_ON(starget->state == STARGET_DEL);
-               starget->state = STARGET_DEL;
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
-               execute_in_process_context(scsi_target_reap_usercontext,
-                                          &starget->ew);
+       if (!empty)
                return;
 
-       }
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
-
-       return;
+       BUG_ON(state == STARGET_DEL);
+       starget->state = STARGET_DEL;
+       if (state == STARGET_CREATED)
+               scsi_target_destroy(starget);
+       else
+               execute_in_process_context(scsi_target_reap_usercontext,
+                                          &starget->ew);
 }
 
 /**
                                        scsi_inq_str(vend, result, 8, 16),
                                        scsi_inq_str(mod, result, 16, 32));
                        });
+
                }
-               
+
                res = SCSI_SCAN_TARGET_PRESENT;
                goto out_free_result;
        }
        if (scsi_host_scan_allowed(shost))
                scsi_probe_and_add_lun(starget, lun, NULL, &sdev, 1, hostdata);
        mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
-       transport_configure_device(&starget->dev);
        scsi_target_reap(starget);
        put_device(&starget->dev);
 
  out_reap:
        /* now determine if the target has any children at all
         * and if not, nuke it */
-       transport_configure_device(&starget->dev);
        scsi_target_reap(starget);
 
        put_device(&starget->dev);
 
        return count;
 }
 
+static int scsi_target_add(struct scsi_target *starget)
+{
+       int error;
+
+       if (starget->state != STARGET_CREATED)
+               return 0;
+
+       error = device_add(&starget->dev);
+       if (error) {
+               dev_err(&starget->dev, "target device_add failed, error %d\n", error);
+               get_device(&starget->dev);
+               scsi_target_reap(starget);
+               put_device(&starget->dev);
+               return error;
+       }
+       transport_add_device(&starget->dev);
+       starget->state = STARGET_RUNNING;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static struct device_attribute sdev_attr_queue_type_rw =
        __ATTR(queue_type, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_queue_type_field,
               sdev_store_queue_type_rw);
 {
        int error, i;
        struct request_queue *rq = sdev->request_queue;
+       struct scsi_target *starget = sdev->sdev_target;
 
        if ((error = scsi_device_set_state(sdev, SDEV_RUNNING)) != 0)
                return error;
 
+       error = scsi_target_add(starget);
+       if (error)
+               return error;
+
+       transport_configure_device(&starget->dev);
        error = device_add(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
        if (error) {
                put_device(sdev->sdev_gendev.parent);