diff --git a/include/spdk/nvmf_transport.h b/include/spdk/nvmf_transport.h
index edb054580..6f342664c 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvmf_transport.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvmf_transport.h
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ struct spdk_nvmf_poll_group {
 	spdk_nvmf_poll_group_destroy_done_fn		destroy_cb_fn;
 	void						*destroy_cb_arg;
 
+	struct spdk_nvmf_tgt				*tgt;
+
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(spdk_nvmf_poll_group)		link;
 
 	pthread_mutex_t					mutex;
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
index 18e74dab4..e97dffde0 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ nvmf_tgt_create_poll_group(void *io_device, void *ctx_buf)
 	uint32_t sid;
 	int rc;
 
+	group->tgt = tgt;
 	TAILQ_INIT(&group->tgroups);
 	TAILQ_INIT(&group->qpairs);
 	group->thread = thread;