This bug has been copied from bug #514926 and has been proposed to be backported to 5.4 z-stream (EUS).
Tried the initiator (iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.871-0.12.el5) in comment #23 of bug #514926 with the 5.4.z kernel and verified the issue no longer occurs.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0078.html