diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
index 9a014a4e0..10636310e 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
@@ -271,6 +271,12 @@ _nvme_ns_cmd_split_sgl_request(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns,
 			if (req_current_length < req->payload_size) {
 				args->next_sge_fn(args->cb_arg, (void **)&address, &sge_length);
 			}
+			/*
+			 * If the next SGE is not page aligned, we will need to create a child
+			 *  request for what we have so far, and then start a new child request for
+			 *  the next SGE.
+			 */
+			start_valid = _is_page_aligned(address);
 		}
 
 		if (start_valid && end_valid && !last_sge) {
diff --git a/test/lib/nvme/sgl/sgl.c b/test/lib/nvme/sgl/sgl.c
index 8afee6768..baceddb66 100644
--- a/test/lib/nvme/sgl/sgl.c
+++ b/test/lib/nvme/sgl/sgl.c
@@ -288,6 +288,23 @@ static void build_io_request_10(struct io_request *req)
 	}
 }
 
+static void build_io_request_11(struct io_request *req)
+{
+	/* This test case focuses on the last element not starting on a page boundary. */
+	const size_t req_len[] = { 512, 512 };
+	const size_t req_off[] = { 0xe00, 0x800 };
+	struct sgl_element *iovs = req->iovs;
+	uint32_t i;
+	req->nseg = SPDK_COUNTOF(req_len);
+	assert(SPDK_COUNTOF(req_len) == SPDK_COUNTOF(req_off));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < req->nseg; i++) {
+		iovs[i].base = spdk_dma_zmalloc(req_off[i] + req_len[i], 0x4000, NULL);
+		iovs[i].offset = req_off[i];
+		iovs[i].len = req_len[i];
+	}
+}
+
 typedef void (*nvme_build_io_req_fn_t)(struct io_request *req);
 
 static void
@@ -498,7 +515,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		    || TEST(build_io_request_7)
 		    || TEST(build_io_request_8)
 		    || TEST(build_io_request_9)
-		    || TEST(build_io_request_10)) {
+		    || TEST(build_io_request_10)
+		    || TEST(build_io_request_11)) {
 #undef TEST
 			rc = 1;
 			printf("%s: failed sgl tests\n", iter->name);