diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
index 103f7733c..a8b67a69d 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ nvme_qpair_deinit(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair)
 {
 	struct nvme_error_cmd *cmd, *entry;
 
+	nvme_qpair_abort_queued_reqs(qpair, 1);
 	nvme_qpair_complete_error_reqs(qpair);
 
 	TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(cmd, &qpair->err_cmd_head, link, entry) {