diff --git a/test/nvmf/shutdown/shutdown.sh b/test/nvmf/shutdown/shutdown.sh
index 0c4afbc29..a7169b945 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/shutdown/shutdown.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/shutdown/shutdown.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ for i in `seq 1 $num_subsystems`; do
 	nvme connect -t rdma -n "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode${i}" -a "$NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP" -s "$NVMF_PORT"
 done
 
+waitforblk "nvme0n1"
+
 # Kill nvmf tgt without removing any subsystem to check whether it can shutdown correctly
 rm -f ./local-job0-0-verify.state