diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c
index de77d9aa22c6..6689de6c5591 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c
@@ -313,6 +313,16 @@ static int chap_server_compute_md5(
 		pr_err("Unable to convert incoming challenge\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
+	/*
+	 * During mutual authentication, the CHAP_C generated by the
+	 * initiator must not match the original CHAP_C generated by
+	 * the target.
+	 */
+	if (!memcmp(challenge_binhex, chap->challenge, CHAP_CHALLENGE_LENGTH)) {
+		pr_err("initiator CHAP_C matches target CHAP_C, failing"
+		       " login attempt\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
 	/*
 	 * Generate CHAP_N and CHAP_R for mutual authentication.
 	 */