diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_nego.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_nego.c
index 14d1aed5af1d..ef6d836a4d09 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_nego.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_nego.c
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ get_target:
 	 */
 alloc_tags:
 	tag_num = max_t(u32, ISCSIT_MIN_TAGS, queue_depth);
-	tag_num += ISCSIT_EXTRA_TAGS;
+	tag_num += (tag_num / 2) + ISCSIT_EXTRA_TAGS;
 	tag_size = sizeof(struct iscsi_cmd) + conn->conn_transport->priv_size;
 
 	ret = transport_alloc_session_tags(sess->se_sess, tag_num, tag_size);