diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
index d30f315b3..c6045ac30 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ spdk_nvmf_tgt_write_config_json(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w, struct spdk_nvmf_
 		spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "method", "nvmf_create_transport");
 
 		spdk_json_write_named_object_begin(w, "params");
-		spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "trtype", spdk_nvme_transport_id_trtype_str(transport->ops->type));
+		spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "trtype", transport->ops->name);
 		spdk_json_write_named_uint32(w, "max_queue_depth", transport->opts.max_queue_depth);
 		spdk_json_write_named_uint32(w, "max_io_qpairs_per_ctrlr",
 					     transport->opts.max_qpairs_per_ctrlr - 1);