diff --git a/test/vhost/initiator/blockdev.sh b/test/vhost/initiator/blockdev.sh
index 3d504108a..792d693f7 100755
--- a/test/vhost/initiator/blockdev.sh
+++ b/test/vhost/initiator/blockdev.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ PLUGIN_DIR=$ROOT_DIR/examples/bdev/fio_plugin
 RPC_PY="$ROOT_DIR/scripts/rpc.py"
 FIO_BIN="/usr/src/fio/fio"
 BDEV_FIO="$BASE_DIR/bdev.fio"
+virtio_bdevs=""
+virtio_nvme_bdevs=""
 
 function usage()
 {
@@ -56,12 +58,19 @@ function run_spdk_fio() {
 
 function create_bdev_config()
 {
+	local vbdevs
+
 	if [ -z "$($RPC_PY get_bdevs | jq '.[] | select(.name=="Nvme0n1")')" ]; then
 		error "Nvme0n1 bdev not found!"
 	fi
 
 	$RPC_PY construct_vhost_scsi_controller naa.Nvme0n1.0
-	$RPC_PY add_vhost_scsi_lun naa.Nvme0n1.0 0 Nvme0n1
+	$RPC_PY add_vhost_scsi_lun naa.Nvme0n1.0 0 Nvme0n1p0
+	$RPC_PY add_vhost_scsi_lun naa.Nvme0n1.0 1 Nvme0n1p1
+	$RPC_PY add_vhost_scsi_lun naa.Nvme0n1.0 2 Nvme0n1p2
+	$RPC_PY add_vhost_scsi_lun naa.Nvme0n1.0 3 Nvme0n1p3
+	$RPC_PY add_vhost_scsi_lun naa.Nvme0n1.0 4 Nvme0n1p4
+	$RPC_PY add_vhost_scsi_lun naa.Nvme0n1.0 5 Nvme0n1p5
 
 	$RPC_PY construct_malloc_bdev 128 512 --name Malloc0
 	$RPC_PY construct_vhost_scsi_controller naa.Malloc0.1
@@ -70,6 +79,11 @@ function create_bdev_config()
 	$RPC_PY construct_malloc_bdev 128 4096 --name Malloc1
 	$RPC_PY construct_vhost_scsi_controller naa.Malloc1.2
 	$RPC_PY add_vhost_scsi_lun naa.Malloc1.2 0 Malloc1
+
+	vbdevs=$(discover_bdevs $ROOT_DIR $BASE_DIR/bdev.conf)
+	virtio_bdevs=$(jq -r '[.[].name] | join(":")' <<< $vbdevs)
+	virtio_nvme_bdevs=$(jq -r '[.[] |
+	 select(.driver_specific.virtio.socket=="naa.Nvme0n1.0").name] | join(":")' <<< $vbdevs)
 }
 
 timing_enter spdk_vhost_run
@@ -81,12 +95,12 @@ create_bdev_config
 timing_exit create_bdev_config
 
 timing_enter run_spdk_fio
-run_spdk_fio $BDEV_FIO --filename=VirtioScsi0t0:VirtioScsi1t0:VirtioScsi2t0 \
+run_spdk_fio $BDEV_FIO --filename=$virtio_bdevs\
  --io_size=400m --size=100m --spdk_conf=$BASE_DIR/bdev.conf
 timing_exit run_spdk_fio
 
 timing_enter run_spdk_fio_4G
-run_spdk_fio $BDEV_FIO --filename=VirtioScsi0t0 \
+run_spdk_fio $BDEV_FIO --filename=$virtio_nvme_bdevs\
  --io_size=4G --size=1G --offset=4G --spdk_conf=$BASE_DIR/bdev.conf
 timing_exit run_spdk_fio_4G
 
diff --git a/test/vhost/initiator/vhost.conf.in b/test/vhost/initiator/vhost.conf.in
index f23f7e478..c5c542892 100644
--- a/test/vhost/initiator/vhost.conf.in
+++ b/test/vhost/initiator/vhost.conf.in
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 [Ioat]
   Disable Yes
+
+[Split]
+  Split Nvme0n1 6