diff --git a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
index e0e465f37..1d1af4551 100644
--- a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
+++ b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
@@ -748,6 +748,11 @@ nvme_io_path_is_connected(struct nvme_io_path *io_path)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if (spdk_nvme_ctrlr_get_admin_qp_failure_reason(io_path->qpair->ctrlr->ctrlr) !=
+	    SPDK_NVME_QPAIR_FAILURE_NONE) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -1242,6 +1247,9 @@ bdev_nvme_poll_adminq(void *arg)
 		} else {
 			bdev_nvme_failover(nvme_ctrlr, false);
 		}
+	} else if (spdk_nvme_ctrlr_get_admin_qp_failure_reason(nvme_ctrlr->ctrlr) !=
+		   SPDK_NVME_QPAIR_FAILURE_NONE) {
+		bdev_nvme_clear_io_path_caches(nvme_ctrlr, NULL);
 	}
 
 	return rc == 0 ? SPDK_POLLER_IDLE : SPDK_POLLER_BUSY;
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c/bdev_nvme_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c/bdev_nvme_ut.c
index 38df01d5d..95d17d691 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c/bdev_nvme_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c/bdev_nvme_ut.c
@@ -797,6 +797,12 @@ spdk_nvme_ctrlr_is_failed(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr)
 	return ctrlr->is_failed;
 }
 
+spdk_nvme_qp_failure_reason
+spdk_nvme_ctrlr_get_admin_qp_failure_reason(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr)
+{
+	return spdk_nvme_qpair_get_failure_reason(&ctrlr->adminq);
+}
+
 #define UT_ANA_DESC_SIZE	(sizeof(struct spdk_nvme_ana_group_descriptor) +	\
 				 sizeof(uint32_t))
 static void
@@ -3993,9 +3999,11 @@ test_find_io_path(void)
 		.io_path_list = STAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(nbdev_ch.io_path_list),
 	};
 	struct spdk_nvme_qpair qpair1 = {}, qpair2 = {};
-	struct nvme_ctrlr_channel ctrlr_ch1 = {}, ctrlr_ch2 = {};
-	struct nvme_qpair nvme_qpair1 = { .ctrlr_ch = &ctrlr_ch1, };
-	struct nvme_qpair nvme_qpair2 = { .ctrlr_ch = &ctrlr_ch2, };
+	struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr ctrlr1 = {}, ctrlr2 = {};
+	struct nvme_ctrlr nvme_ctrlr1 = { .ctrlr = &ctrlr1, }, nvme_ctrlr2 = { .ctrlr = &ctrlr2, };
+	struct nvme_ctrlr_channel ctrlr_ch1 = { .ctrlr = &nvme_ctrlr1, }, ctrlr_ch2 = { .ctrlr = &nvme_ctrlr2, };
+	struct nvme_qpair nvme_qpair1 = { .ctrlr_ch = &ctrlr_ch1, .ctrlr = &nvme_ctrlr1, };
+	struct nvme_qpair nvme_qpair2 = { .ctrlr_ch = &ctrlr_ch2, .ctrlr = &nvme_ctrlr2, };
 	struct nvme_ns nvme_ns1 = {}, nvme_ns2 = {};
 	struct nvme_io_path io_path1 = { .qpair = &nvme_qpair1, .nvme_ns = &nvme_ns1, };
 	struct nvme_io_path io_path2 = { .qpair = &nvme_qpair2, .nvme_ns = &nvme_ns2, };