diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_cuse.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_cuse.c
index eecb9c9dc..5644b3be1 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_cuse.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_cuse.c
@@ -99,10 +99,11 @@ cuse_nvme_passthru_cmd_cb(void *arg, const struct spdk_nvme_cpl *cpl)
 	struct cuse_io_ctx *ctx = arg;
 	struct iovec out_iov[2];
 	struct spdk_nvme_cpl _cpl;
+	uint16_t status_field = cpl->status_raw >> 1; /* Drop out phase bit */
 
 	if (ctx->data_transfer == SPDK_NVME_DATA_HOST_TO_CONTROLLER ||
 	    ctx->data_transfer == SPDK_NVME_DATA_NONE) {
-		fuse_reply_ioctl_iov(ctx->req, cpl->status.sc, NULL, 0);
+		fuse_reply_ioctl_iov(ctx->req, status_field, NULL, 0);
 	} else {
 		memcpy(&_cpl, cpl, sizeof(struct spdk_nvme_cpl));
 
@@ -112,9 +113,9 @@ cuse_nvme_passthru_cmd_cb(void *arg, const struct spdk_nvme_cpl *cpl)
 		if (ctx->data_len > 0) {
 			out_iov[1].iov_base = ctx->data;
 			out_iov[1].iov_len = ctx->data_len;
-			fuse_reply_ioctl_iov(ctx->req, cpl->status.sc, out_iov, 2);
+			fuse_reply_ioctl_iov(ctx->req, status_field, out_iov, 2);
 		} else {
-			fuse_reply_ioctl_iov(ctx->req, cpl->status.sc, out_iov, 1);
+			fuse_reply_ioctl_iov(ctx->req, status_field, out_iov, 1);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -349,8 +350,9 @@ static void
 cuse_nvme_submit_io_write_done(void *ref, const struct spdk_nvme_cpl *cpl)
 {
 	struct cuse_io_ctx *ctx = (struct cuse_io_ctx *)ref;
+	uint16_t status_field = cpl->status_raw >> 1; /* Drop out phase bit */
 
-	fuse_reply_ioctl_iov(ctx->req, cpl->status.sc, NULL, 0);
+	fuse_reply_ioctl_iov(ctx->req, status_field, NULL, 0);
 
 	cuse_io_ctx_free(ctx);
 }
@@ -421,11 +423,12 @@ cuse_nvme_submit_io_read_done(void *ref, const struct spdk_nvme_cpl *cpl)
 {
 	struct cuse_io_ctx *ctx = (struct cuse_io_ctx *)ref;
 	struct iovec iov;
+	uint16_t status_field = cpl->status_raw >> 1; /* Drop out phase bit */
 
 	iov.iov_base = ctx->data;
 	iov.iov_len = ctx->data_len;
 
-	fuse_reply_ioctl_iov(ctx->req, cpl->status.sc, &iov, 1);
+	fuse_reply_ioctl_iov(ctx->req, status_field, &iov, 1);
 
 	cuse_io_ctx_free(ctx);
 }
diff --git a/test/nvme/cuse/spdk_nvme_cli_cuse.sh b/test/nvme/cuse/spdk_nvme_cli_cuse.sh
index 2648b1375..66b17f746 100755
--- a/test/nvme/cuse/spdk_nvme_cli_cuse.sh
+++ b/test/nvme/cuse/spdk_nvme_cli_cuse.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ ${NVME_CMD} error-log $ctrlr > ${KERNEL_OUT}.7
 ${NVME_CMD} get-feature $ctrlr -f 1 -s 1 -l 100 > ${KERNEL_OUT}.8
 ${NVME_CMD} get-log $ctrlr -i 1 -l 100 > ${KERNEL_OUT}.9
 ${NVME_CMD} reset $ctrlr > ${KERNEL_OUT}.10
+# Negative test to make sure status message is the same on failures
+# FID 2 is power management. It should be constrained to the whole system
+# Attempting to apply it to a namespace should result in a failure
+${NVME_CMD} set-feature $ctrlr -n 1 -f 2 -v 0 2> ${KERNEL_OUT}.11 || true
 
 $rootdir/scripts/setup.sh
 
@@ -78,8 +82,9 @@ ${NVME_CMD} error-log $ctrlr > ${CUSE_OUT}.7
 ${NVME_CMD} get-feature $ctrlr -f 1 -s 1 -l 100 > ${CUSE_OUT}.8
 ${NVME_CMD} get-log $ctrlr -i 1 -l 100 > ${CUSE_OUT}.9
 ${NVME_CMD} reset $ctrlr > ${CUSE_OUT}.10
+${NVME_CMD} set-feature $ctrlr -n 1 -f 2 -v 0 2> ${CUSE_OUT}.11 || true
 
-for i in {1..10}; do
+for i in {1..11}; do
 	if [ -f "${KERNEL_OUT}.${i}" ] && [ -f "${CUSE_OUT}.${i}" ]; then
 		sed -i "s/${nvme_name}/nvme0/g" ${KERNEL_OUT}.${i}
 		diff --suppress-common-lines ${KERNEL_OUT}.${i} ${CUSE_OUT}.${i}