diff --git a/include/spdk/nvmf_cmd.h b/include/spdk/nvmf_cmd.h
index 1afedadf2..97d7541eb 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvmf_cmd.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvmf_cmd.h
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
 #include "spdk/nvmf_transport.h"
 #include "spdk/bdev.h"
 
-typedef enum _spdk_nvmf_request_exec_status {
+enum spdk_nvmf_request_exec_status {
 	SPDK_NVMF_REQUEST_EXEC_STATUS_COMPLETE,
 	SPDK_NVMF_REQUEST_EXEC_STATUS_ASYNCHRONOUS,
-} spdk_nvmf_request_exec_status;
+};
 
 int spdk_nvmf_ctrlr_identify_ctrlr(struct spdk_nvmf_ctrlr *ctrlr,
 				   struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr_data *cdata);
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c b/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
index 67f647c4e..2f3d54296 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
@@ -2753,7 +2753,7 @@ _nvmf_request_exec(struct spdk_nvmf_request *req,
 		   struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem_poll_group *sgroup)
 {
 	struct spdk_nvmf_qpair *qpair = req->qpair;
-	spdk_nvmf_request_exec_status status;
+	enum spdk_nvmf_request_exec_status status;
 
 	nvmf_trace_command(req->cmd, spdk_nvmf_qpair_is_admin_queue(qpair));