diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/drivers/in_tree.go b/test/e2e/storage/drivers/in_tree.go
index 70a278f4a10..75cd61c2163 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/drivers/in_tree.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/drivers/in_tree.go
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@ func newISCSIServer(ctx context.Context, cs clientset.Interface, namespace strin
 			"/sys/kernel": "/sys/kernel",
 			// iSCSI source "block devices" must be available on the host
 			"/srv/iscsi": "/srv/iscsi",
+			// targetcli uses dbus
+			"/run/dbus": "/run/dbus",
 		},
 		ServerReadyMessage: "iscsi target started",
 		ServerHostNetwork:  true,
diff --git a/test/images/volume/iscsi/VERSION b/test/images/volume/iscsi/VERSION
index 95e3ba81920..5154b3f68e9 100644
--- a/test/images/volume/iscsi/VERSION
+++ b/test/images/volume/iscsi/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5
+2.6
diff --git a/test/images/volume/iscsi/run_iscsi_target.sh b/test/images/volume/iscsi/run_iscsi_target.sh
index 034beb44277..b27a419e118 100755
--- a/test/images/volume/iscsi/run_iscsi_target.sh
+++ b/test/images/volume/iscsi/run_iscsi_target.sh
@@ -21,20 +21,12 @@
 # Kubernetes must provide unique name.
 IQN=$1
 
-# targetcli synchronizes over dbus, however it does not work in
-# containers. Use flock instead
-LOCK=/srv/iscsi/targetcli.lock
-
 function start()
 {
-    # targetcli need dbus. It may not run on the host, so start a private one
-    mkdir /run/dbus
-    dbus-daemon  --system
-
     # Create new IQN (iSCSI Qualified Name)
-    flock $LOCK targetcli /iscsi create "$IQN"
+    targetcli /iscsi create "$IQN"
     # Run it in demo mode, i.e. no authentication
-    flock $LOCK targetcli /iscsi/"$IQN"/tpg1 set attribute authentication=0 demo_mode_write_protect=0 generate_node_acls=1 cache_dynamic_acls=1
+    targetcli /iscsi/"$IQN"/tpg1 set attribute authentication=0 demo_mode_write_protect=0 generate_node_acls=1 cache_dynamic_acls=1
 
     # Create unique "block volume" (i.e. flat file) on the *host*.
     # Having it in the container confuses kernel from some reason
@@ -44,8 +36,8 @@ function start()
     cp /block /srv/iscsi/"$IQN"
 
     # Make the block volume available through our IQN as LUN 0
-    flock $LOCK targetcli /backstores/fileio create block-"$IQN" /srv/iscsi/"$IQN"
-    flock $LOCK targetcli /iscsi/"$IQN"/tpg1/luns create /backstores/fileio/block-"$IQN"
+    targetcli /backstores/fileio create block-"$IQN" /srv/iscsi/"$IQN"
+    targetcli /iscsi/"$IQN"/tpg1/luns create /backstores/fileio/block-"$IQN"
 
     echo "iscsi target started"
 }
@@ -54,10 +46,10 @@ function stop()
 {
     echo "stopping iscsi target"
     # Remove IQN
-    flock $LOCK targetcli /iscsi/"$IQN"/tpg1/luns/ delete 0
-    flock $LOCK targetcli /iscsi delete "$IQN"
+    targetcli /iscsi/"$IQN"/tpg1/luns/ delete 0
+    targetcli /iscsi delete "$IQN"
     # Remove block device mapping
-    flock $LOCK targetcli /backstores/fileio delete block-"$IQN"
+    targetcli /backstores/fileio delete block-"$IQN"
     /bin/rm -f /srv/iscsi/"$IQN"
     echo "iscsi target stopped"
     exit 0