diff --git a/lib/iscsi/conn.c b/lib/iscsi/conn.c
index 1144734ce..a90eced82 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/conn.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/conn.c
@@ -1214,6 +1214,7 @@ spdk_iscsi_conn_migration(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn)
 	spdk_iscsi_conn_stop(conn);
 
 	__sync_fetch_and_add(&g_num_connections[lcore], 1);
+	conn->last_nopin = spdk_get_ticks();
 	event = spdk_event_allocate(lcore, spdk_iscsi_conn_full_feature_migrate,
 				    conn, NULL);
 	spdk_event_call(event);