diff --git a/test/ftl/dirty_shutdown.sh b/test/ftl/dirty_shutdown.sh
index b88ba762a..6441a7f04 100755
--- a/test/ftl/dirty_shutdown.sh
+++ b/test/ftl/dirty_shutdown.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ md5sum $testdir/testfile > $testdir/testfile.md5
 $spdk_dd -m 0x2 -r /var/tmp/spdk_dd.sock --if=$testdir/testfile --of=/dev/nbd0 --bs=$block_size --count=$data_size --oflag=direct
 sync /dev/nbd0
 $rpc_py nbd_stop_disk /dev/nbd0
+$rpc_py bdev_ftl_unload -b ftl0
 
 # Force kill bdev service (dirty shutdown) and start it again
 kill -9 $svcpid
diff --git a/test/ftl/fio.sh b/test/ftl/fio.sh
index fd72f59ce..e38b2d15c 100755
--- a/test/ftl/fio.sh
+++ b/test/ftl/fio.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ waitforbdev ftl0
 	echo ']}'
 ) > $FTL_JSON_CONF
 
+$rpc_py bdev_ftl_unload -b ftl0
+
 killprocess $svcpid
 trap - SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
 
diff --git a/test/ftl/restore.sh b/test/ftl/restore.sh
index be19c3bf8..300de83ae 100755
--- a/test/ftl/restore.sh
+++ b/test/ftl/restore.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ $rpc_py -t $timeout $ftl_construct_args
 	$rpc_py save_subsystem_config -n bdev
 	echo ']}'
 ) > $testdir/config/ftl.json
+$rpc_py bdev_ftl_unload -b ftl0
 killprocess $svcpid
 
 # Generate random data and calculate checksum
diff --git a/test/ftl/trim.sh b/test/ftl/trim.sh
index 9f5bc4bb5..25d210087 100755
--- a/test/ftl/trim.sh
+++ b/test/ftl/trim.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ waitforbdev ftl0
 
 bdev_info=$($rpc_py bdev_get_bdevs -b ftl0)
 nb=$(jq ".[] .num_blocks" <<< "$bdev_info")
+$rpc_py bdev_ftl_unload -b ftl0
 
 killprocess $svcpid
 
diff --git a/test/ftl/write_after_write.sh b/test/ftl/write_after_write.sh
index 786301a13..e578f74c6 100755
--- a/test/ftl/write_after_write.sh
+++ b/test/ftl/write_after_write.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ waitforbdev ftl0
 	$rpc_py save_subsystem_config -n bdev
 	echo ']}'
 ) > $FTL_JSON_CONF
+$rpc_py bdev_ftl_unload -b ftl0
 
 killprocess $svcpid