diff --git a/lib/iscsi/conn.c b/lib/iscsi/conn.c
index 27bd1aabf..476fdb462 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/conn.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/conn.c
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ spdk_iscsi_conn_execute(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn)
 		}
 	}
 
-	spdk_iscsi_conn_handle_queued_tasks(conn);
+	spdk_iscsi_conn_handle_queued_datain_tasks(conn);
 
 	if (conn_active) {
 		return 1;
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.c b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.c
index 4ffc1673e..02ee59e13 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.c
@@ -2900,7 +2900,7 @@ static void spdk_iscsi_queue_mgmt_task(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn,
 	spdk_scsi_dev_queue_mgmt_task(conn->dev, &task->scsi, func);
 }
 
-int spdk_iscsi_conn_handle_queued_tasks(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn)
+int spdk_iscsi_conn_handle_queued_datain_tasks(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn)
 {
 	struct spdk_iscsi_task *task;
 
@@ -2978,7 +2978,7 @@ static int spdk_iscsi_op_scsi_read(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn,
 
 	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&conn->queued_datain_tasks, task, link);
 
-	return spdk_iscsi_conn_handle_queued_tasks(conn);
+	return spdk_iscsi_conn_handle_queued_datain_tasks(conn);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
index 72f1523b9..616718beb 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
+++ b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void spdk_iscsi_task_mgmt_cpl(struct spdk_scsi_task *scsi_task);
 /* Memory management */
 void spdk_put_pdu(struct spdk_iscsi_pdu *pdu);
 struct spdk_iscsi_pdu *spdk_get_pdu(void);
-int spdk_iscsi_conn_handle_queued_tasks(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn);
+int spdk_iscsi_conn_handle_queued_datain_tasks(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn);
 
 static inline int
 spdk_get_immediate_data_buffer_size(void)