diff --git a/test/nvme/err_injection/err_injection.c b/test/nvme/err_injection/err_injection.c
index 942e31ed1..50d67092c 100644
--- a/test/nvme/err_injection/err_injection.c
+++ b/test/nvme/err_injection/err_injection.c
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	opts.name = "err_injection";
 	opts.core_mask = "0x1";
 	opts.mem_size = 64;
+	opts.shm_id = 0;
 	if (spdk_env_init(&opts) < 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to initialize SPDK env\n");
 		return 1;
@@ -236,6 +237,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
+	if (!num_devs) {
+		printf("No NVMe controller found, %s exiting\n", argv[0]);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	foreach_dev(dev) {
 		/* Admin error injection at submission path */
 		rc = spdk_nvme_qpair_add_cmd_error_injection(dev->ctrlr, NULL,