diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
index 9fd519c4f..d3a63c81a 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ nvmf_write_subsystem_config_json(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w,
 
 	spdk_json_write_named_uint32(w, "min_cntlid", spdk_nvmf_subsystem_get_min_cntlid(subsystem));
 	spdk_json_write_named_uint32(w, "max_cntlid", spdk_nvmf_subsystem_get_max_cntlid(subsystem));
+	spdk_json_write_named_bool(w, "ana_reporting", nvmf_subsystem_get_ana_reporting(subsystem));
 
 	/*     } "params" */
 	spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h b/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h
index 0d4c72da2..7cb99b160 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ void nvmf_subsystem_set_ana_state(struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem *subsystem,
 				  const struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid,
 				  enum spdk_nvme_ana_state ana_state,
 				  spdk_nvmf_tgt_subsystem_listen_done_fn cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
+bool nvmf_subsystem_get_ana_reporting(struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem *subsystem);
 
 /**
  * Sets the controller ID range for a subsystem.
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf_rpc.c b/lib/nvmf/nvmf_rpc.c
index 8ba9974f0..d5ed637a5 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf_rpc.c
@@ -2221,8 +2221,10 @@ dump_nvmf_subsystem_listener(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w,
 	spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "trsvcid", trid->trsvcid);
 	spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
 
-	spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "ana_state",
-				     nvme_ana_state_str(listener->ana_state));
+	if (nvmf_subsystem_get_ana_reporting(listener->subsystem)) {
+		spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "ana_state",
+					     nvme_ana_state_str(listener->ana_state));
+	}
 
 	spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
 }
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/subsystem.c b/lib/nvmf/subsystem.c
index 4a6fbe4e6..7ac6f13fd 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/subsystem.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/subsystem.c
@@ -2871,6 +2871,12 @@ spdk_nvmf_subsystem_set_ana_reporting(struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem *subsystem,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+bool
+nvmf_subsystem_get_ana_reporting(struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem *subsystem)
+{
+	return subsystem->flags.ana_reporting;
+}
+
 struct subsystem_listener_update_ctx {
 	struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem_listener *listener;
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c/nvmf_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c/nvmf_ut.c
index 0c725e3da..84bd0b3d1 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c/nvmf_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c/nvmf_ut.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ DEFINE_STUB(spdk_nvmf_subsystem_get_next_host, struct spdk_nvmf_host *,
 	    (struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem *subsystem, struct spdk_nvmf_host *prev_host), NULL);
 DEFINE_STUB(spdk_nvmf_subsystem_get_first_ns, struct spdk_nvmf_ns *,
 	    (struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem *subsystem), NULL);
+DEFINE_STUB(nvmf_subsystem_get_ana_reporting, bool, (struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem *subsystem), false);
 DEFINE_STUB_V(spdk_nvmf_ns_get_opts, (const struct spdk_nvmf_ns *ns,
 				      struct spdk_nvmf_ns_opts *opts, size_t opts_size));
 DEFINE_STUB(spdk_nvmf_ns_get_id, uint32_t, (const struct spdk_nvmf_ns *ns), 0);