diff --git a/test/json_config/common.sh b/test/json_config/common.sh
index a0a56951a..84657d086 100644
--- a/test/json_config/common.sh
+++ b/test/json_config/common.sh
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ function create_nvmf_subsystem_config() {
 
 	bdevs="$($rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev 64 512) "
 	bdevs+="$($rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev 64 512)"
+
+	$rpc_py nvmf_create_transport -t RDMA -u 8192 -p 4 -c 0
 	$rpc_py nvmf_subsystem_create nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 -a -s SPDK00000000000001
 	for bdev in $bdevs; do
 		$rpc_py nvmf_subsystem_add_ns nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 $bdev
diff --git a/test/spdkcli/nvmf.sh b/test/spdkcli/nvmf.sh
index cf592a4ed..91d074a89 100755
--- a/test/spdkcli/nvmf.sh
+++ b/test/spdkcli/nvmf.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ $spdkcli_job "/bdevs/malloc create 32 512 Malloc3" "Malloc3" True
 $spdkcli_job "/bdevs/malloc create 32 512 Malloc4" "Malloc4" True
 $spdkcli_job "/bdevs/malloc create 32 512 Malloc5" "Malloc5" True
 $spdkcli_job "/bdevs/malloc create 32 512 Malloc6" "Malloc6" True
+$spdkcli_job "nvmf/transport create RDMA max_qpairs_per_ctrlr=4 io_unit_size=8192" True
 $spdkcli_job "/nvmf/subsystem create nqn.2014-08.org.spdk:cnode1 N37SXV509SRW\
   max_namespaces=4 allow_any_host=True" "nqn.2014-08.org.spdk:cnode1" True
 $spdkcli_job "/nvmf/subsystem/nqn.2014-08.org.spdk:cnode1/namespaces create Malloc3 1" "Malloc3" True