itt_t itt;
        int rc;
 
-       rc = conn->session->tt->alloc_pdu(task);
+       rc = conn->session->tt->alloc_pdu(task, ISCSI_OP_SCSI_CMD);
        if (rc)
                return rc;
        hdr = (struct iscsi_cmd *) task->hdr;
        itt = hdr->itt;
        memset(hdr, 0, sizeof(*hdr));
 
+       if (session->tt->parse_pdu_itt)
+               hdr->itt = task->hdr_itt = itt;
+       else
+               hdr->itt = task->hdr_itt = build_itt(task->itt,
+                                                    task->conn->session->age);
        task->hdr_len = 0;
        rc = iscsi_add_hdr(task, sizeof(*hdr));
        if (rc)
        hdr->flags = ISCSI_ATTR_SIMPLE;
        int_to_scsilun(sc->device->lun, (struct scsi_lun *)hdr->lun);
        memcpy(task->lun, hdr->lun, sizeof(task->lun));
-       if (session->tt->parse_pdu_itt)
-               hdr->itt = task->hdr_itt = itt;
-       else
-               hdr->itt = task->hdr_itt = build_itt(task->itt,
-                                                    task->conn->session->age);
        hdr->cmdsn = task->cmdsn = cpu_to_be32(session->cmdsn);
        session->cmdsn++;
        hdr->exp_statsn = cpu_to_be32(conn->exp_statsn);
        } else
                task->data_count = 0;
 
-       if (conn->session->tt->alloc_pdu(task)) {
+       if (conn->session->tt->alloc_pdu(task, hdr->opcode)) {
                iscsi_conn_printk(KERN_ERR, conn, "Could not allocate "
                                 "pdu for mgmt task.\n");
                goto requeue_task;
 
        int (*xmit_task) (struct iscsi_task *task);
        void (*cleanup_task) (struct iscsi_task *task);
 
-       int (*alloc_pdu) (struct iscsi_task *task);
+       int (*alloc_pdu) (struct iscsi_task *task, uint8_t opcode);
        int (*xmit_pdu) (struct iscsi_task *task);
        int (*init_pdu) (struct iscsi_task *task, unsigned int offset,
                         unsigned int count);