diff --git a/scripts/perf/nvmf/common.py b/scripts/perf/nvmf/common.py
index bbe528829..c95044d94 100644
--- a/scripts/perf/nvmf/common.py
+++ b/scripts/perf/nvmf/common.py
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ def get_nvme_devices_bdf():
     return output
 
 
-def get_nvme_devices():
-    print("Getting kernel NVMe names")
-    output = check_output("lsblk -o NAME -nlp", shell=True).decode(encoding="utf-8")
-    output = [x for x in output.split("\n") if "nvme" in x]
-    print("Done getting kernel NVMe names")
-    return output
-
-
 def read_json_stats(file):
     with open(file, "r") as json_data:
         data = json.load(json_data)
diff --git a/scripts/perf/nvmf/run_nvmf.py b/scripts/perf/nvmf/run_nvmf.py
index 9521b1f1f..bfd751d1c 100755
--- a/scripts/perf/nvmf/run_nvmf.py
+++ b/scripts/perf/nvmf/run_nvmf.py
@@ -862,6 +862,11 @@ class KernelTarget(Target):
     def stop(self):
         self.nvmet_command(self.nvmet_bin, "clear")
 
+    def get_nvme_devices(self):
+        output = self.exec_cmd(["lsblk", "-o", "NAME", "-nlpd"])
+        output = [x for x in output.split("\n") if "nvme" in x]
+        return output
+
     def nvmet_command(self, nvmet_bin, command):
         return self.exec_cmd([nvmet_bin, *(command.split(" "))])
 
@@ -925,7 +930,7 @@ class KernelTarget(Target):
             nvme_list = ["/dev/nullb{}".format(x) for x in range(self.null_block)]
         else:
             self.log.info("Configuring with NVMe drives.")
-            nvme_list = get_nvme_devices()
+            nvme_list = self.get_nvme_devices()
 
         self.kernel_tgt_gen_subsystem_conf(nvme_list)
         self.subsys_no = len(nvme_list)