diff --git a/test/lib/nvme/nvme.sh b/test/lib/nvme/nvme.sh
index f86465b34..1c8c7ac96 100755
--- a/test/lib/nvme/nvme.sh
+++ b/test/lib/nvme/nvme.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if [ $(uname -s) = Linux ] && [ $SPDK_TEST_NVME_MULTIPROCESS -eq 1 ]; then
 	kill -9 $!
 	count=0
 	while [ $count -le 2 ]; do
-		$rootdir/examples/nvme/perf/perf -i 0 -q 1 -w read -s 4096 -t 1 -c 0xf
+		$rootdir/examples/nvme/perf/perf -i 0 -q 1 -w read -s 4096 -t 1 -c 0xf0
 		count=$(($count + 1))
 	done
 	count=0