diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c
index d2fe10109..7a03a9ab9 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ nvme_tcp_req_init(struct nvme_tcp_qpair *tqpair, struct nvme_request *req,
 	if (xfer == SPDK_NVME_DATA_HOST_TO_CONTROLLER) {
 		max_incapsule_data_size = ctrlr->ioccsz_bytes;
 		if ((req->cmd.opc == SPDK_NVME_OPC_FABRIC) || nvme_qpair_is_admin_queue(&tqpair->qpair)) {
-			max_incapsule_data_size = spdk_min(max_incapsule_data_size, NVME_TCP_IN_CAPSULE_DATA_MAX_SIZE);
+			max_incapsule_data_size = NVME_TCP_IN_CAPSULE_DATA_MAX_SIZE;
 		}
 
 		if (req->payload_size <= max_incapsule_data_size) {