diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
index d37c4ee..1ebff0f 100644
--- a/block/iscsi.c
+++ b/block/iscsi.c
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ iscsi_set_events(IscsiLun *iscsilun)
 {
     struct iscsi_context *iscsi = iscsilun->iscsi;

+    if (iscsi_which_events(iscsi) & POLLOUT) {
+        iscsi_process_write(iscsilun);
+    }
+
     qemu_aio_set_fd_handler(iscsi_get_fd(iscsi), iscsi_process_read,
                            (iscsi_which_events(iscsi) & POLLOUT)
                            ? iscsi_process_write : NULL,