diff --git a/include/spdk_internal/nvme_tcp.h b/include/spdk_internal/nvme_tcp.h
index 5240b44b5..99f12b371 100644
--- a/include/spdk_internal/nvme_tcp.h
+++ b/include/spdk_internal/nvme_tcp.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ struct nvme_tcp_pdu {
 	struct spdk_dif_ctx				*dif_ctx;
 
 	void						*req; /* data tied to a tcp request */
+	void						*qpair;
 };
 
 enum nvme_tcp_pdu_recv_state {
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
index 82a9c9be3..b842152df 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ spdk_nvmf_tcp_pdu_get(struct spdk_nvmf_tcp_qpair *tqpair)
 	tqpair->free_pdu_num--;
 	TAILQ_REMOVE(&tqpair->free_queue, pdu, tailq);
 	memset(pdu, 0, sizeof(*pdu));
+	pdu->qpair = tqpair;
 	pdu->ref = 1;
 	pdu->hdr = &pdu->hdr_mem;