diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 488b3241d..74e762751 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ## v22.01: (Upcoming Release)
 
+### nvme
+
+API `spdk_nvme_trtype_is_fabrics` was added to return existing transport type
+is fabric or not.
+
 ### bdev
 
 The parameter `retry_count` of the RPC `bdev_nvme_set_options` was deprecated and will be
diff --git a/include/spdk/nvme.h b/include/spdk/nvme.h
index 72d3f2897..a418d339d 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvme.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvme.h
@@ -387,6 +387,14 @@ enum spdk_nvme_transport_type {
 	SPDK_NVME_TRANSPORT_CUSTOM = 4096,
 };
 
+static inline bool spdk_nvme_trtype_is_fabrics(enum spdk_nvme_transport_type trtype)
+{
+	/* We always define non-fabrics trtypes outside of the 8-bit range
+	 * of NVMe-oF trtype.
+	 */
+	return trtype <= UINT8_MAX;
+}
+
 /* typedef added for coding style reasons */
 typedef enum spdk_nvme_transport_type spdk_nvme_transport_type_t;
 
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
index 31842f27d..cf87e4b62 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
@@ -5039,10 +5039,7 @@ spdk_nvme_ctrlr_is_fabrics(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr)
 {
 	assert(ctrlr);
 
-	/* We always define non-fabrics trtypes outside of the 8-bit range
-	 * of NVMe-oF trtype.
-	 */
-	return ctrlr->trid.trtype < UINT8_MAX;
+	return spdk_nvme_trtype_is_fabrics(ctrlr->trid.trtype);
 }
 
 int