diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index 951fe5e59..79d845208 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ and a starting point in development of new bdev type.
 
 Name                    | Optional | Type        | Description
 ----------------------- | -------- | ----------- | -----------
-passthru_bdev_name      | Required | string      | Bdev name
+name                    | Required | string      | Bdev name
 base_bdev_name          | Required | string      | Base bdev name
 
 ### Result
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ Example request:
 {
   "params": {
     "base_bdev_name": "Malloc0",
-    "passthru_bdev_name": "Passsthru0"
+    "name": "Passsthru0"
   },
   "jsonrpc": "2.0",
   "method": "construct_passthru_bdev",
diff --git a/lib/bdev/passthru/vbdev_passthru.c b/lib/bdev/passthru/vbdev_passthru.c
index 7bc624648..63d707be1 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/passthru/vbdev_passthru.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/passthru/vbdev_passthru.c
@@ -618,14 +618,20 @@ create_passthru_disk(const char *bdev_name, const char *vbdev_name)
 	struct spdk_bdev *bdev = NULL;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	bdev = spdk_bdev_get_by_name(bdev_name);
-	if (!bdev) {
-		return -1;
+	/* Insert the bdev into our global name list even if it doesn't exist yet,
+	 * it may show up soon...
+	 */
+	rc = vbdev_passthru_insert_name(bdev_name, vbdev_name);
+	if (rc) {
+		return rc;
 	}
 
-	rc = vbdev_passthru_insert_name(bdev_name, vbdev_name);
-	if (rc != 0) {
-		return rc;
+	bdev = spdk_bdev_get_by_name(bdev_name);
+	if (!bdev) {
+		/* This is not an error, we tracked the name above and it still
+		 * may show up later.
+		 */
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	vbdev_passthru_register(bdev);
diff --git a/lib/bdev/passthru/vbdev_passthru_rpc.c b/lib/bdev/passthru/vbdev_passthru_rpc.c
index 9f0f95218..823427029 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/passthru/vbdev_passthru_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/passthru/vbdev_passthru_rpc.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 /* Structure to hold the parameters for this RPC method. */
 struct rpc_construct_passthru {
 	char *base_bdev_name;
-	char *passthru_bdev_name;
+	char *name;
 };
 
 /* Free the allocated memory resource after the RPC handling. */
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ static void
 free_rpc_construct_passthru(struct rpc_construct_passthru *r)
 {
 	free(r->base_bdev_name);
-	free(r->passthru_bdev_name);
+	free(r->name);
 }
 
 /* Structure to decode the input parameters for this RPC method. */
 static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_construct_passthru_decoders[] = {
 	{"base_bdev_name", offsetof(struct rpc_construct_passthru, base_bdev_name), spdk_json_decode_string},
-	{"passthru_bdev_name", offsetof(struct rpc_construct_passthru, passthru_bdev_name), spdk_json_decode_string},
+	{"name", offsetof(struct rpc_construct_passthru, name), spdk_json_decode_string},
 };
 
 /* Decode the parameters for this RPC method and properly construct the passthru
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ spdk_rpc_construct_passthru_bdev(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 		goto invalid;
 	}
 
-	rc = create_passthru_disk(req.base_bdev_name, req.passthru_bdev_name);
+	rc = create_passthru_disk(req.base_bdev_name, req.name);
 	if (rc != 0) {
 		goto invalid;
 	}
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ spdk_rpc_construct_passthru_bdev(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	spdk_json_write_string(w, req.passthru_bdev_name);
+	spdk_json_write_string(w, req.name);
 	spdk_jsonrpc_end_result(request, w);
 	free_rpc_construct_passthru(&req);
 	return;
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 6fc7a7eda..076ec15c1 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -402,12 +402,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     def construct_passthru_bdev(args):
         print(rpc.bdev.construct_passthru_bdev(args.client,
                                                base_bdev_name=args.base_bdev_name,
-                                               passthru_bdev_name=args.passthru_bdev_name))
+                                               name=args.name))
 
     p = subparsers.add_parser('construct_passthru_bdev',
                               help='Add a pass through bdev on existing bdev')
     p.add_argument('-b', '--base-bdev-name', help="Name of the existing bdev", required=True)
-    p.add_argument('-p', '--passthru-bdev-name', help="Name of the pass through bdev", required=True)
+    p.add_argument('-p', '--name', help="Name of the pass through bdev", required=True)
     p.set_defaults(func=construct_passthru_bdev)
 
     @call_cmd
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/bdev.py b/scripts/rpc/bdev.py
index b65b2d9ea..86d1e333c 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/bdev.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/bdev.py
@@ -366,19 +366,19 @@ def delete_pmem_bdev(client, name):
     return client.call('delete_pmem_bdev', params)
 
 
-def construct_passthru_bdev(client, base_bdev_name, passthru_bdev_name):
+def construct_passthru_bdev(client, base_bdev_name, name):
     """Construct a pass-through block device.
 
     Args:
         base_bdev_name: name of the existing bdev
-        passthru_bdev_name: name of block device
+        name: name of block device
 
     Returns:
         Name of created block device.
     """
     params = {
         'base_bdev_name': base_bdev_name,
-        'passthru_bdev_name': passthru_bdev_name,
+        'name': name,
     }
     return client.call('construct_passthru_bdev', params)
 
diff --git a/test/json_config/common.sh b/test/json_config/common.sh
index 84657d086..8172c4f91 100644
--- a/test/json_config/common.sh
+++ b/test/json_config/common.sh
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ function create_bdev_subsystem_config() {
 			$rpc_py construct_crypto_bdev -b Malloc3 -c CryMalloc3 -d crypto_qat -k 0123456789123456
 		fi
 	fi
+	$rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev 8 1024 --name Malloc4
+	$rpc_py construct_passthru_bdev -b Malloc4 -p PTMalloc4
 	$rpc_py construct_error_bdev Malloc2
 	if [ $(uname -s) = Linux ]; then
 		dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/sample_aio bs=2048 count=5000