diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_pcie_common.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_pcie_common.c
index a64a3a278..90f8ce01d 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_pcie_common.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_pcie_common.c
@@ -530,14 +530,14 @@ _nvme_pcie_ctrlr_create_io_qpair(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr, struct spdk_nvme
 	int	rc;
 
 	/* Statistics may already be allocated in the case of controller reset */
-	if (!pqpair->stat) {
-		if (qpair->poll_group) {
-			struct nvme_pcie_poll_group *group = SPDK_CONTAINEROF(qpair->poll_group,
-							     struct nvme_pcie_poll_group, group);
+	if (qpair->poll_group) {
+		struct nvme_pcie_poll_group *group = SPDK_CONTAINEROF(qpair->poll_group,
+						     struct nvme_pcie_poll_group, group);
 
-			pqpair->stat = &group->stats;
-			pqpair->shared_stats = true;
-		} else {
+		pqpair->stat = &group->stats;
+		pqpair->shared_stats = true;
+	} else {
+		if (pqpair->stat == NULL) {
 			pqpair->stat = calloc(1, sizeof(*pqpair->stat));
 			if (!pqpair->stat) {
 				SPDK_ERRLOG("Failed to allocate qpair statistics\n");
@@ -547,7 +547,6 @@ _nvme_pcie_ctrlr_create_io_qpair(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr, struct spdk_nvme
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	rc = nvme_pcie_ctrlr_cmd_create_io_cq(ctrlr, qpair, nvme_completion_create_cq_cb, qpair);
 
 	if (rc != 0) {
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c
index 2b474bc83..52fdf6f96 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c
@@ -2048,10 +2048,16 @@ nvme_tcp_ctrlr_connect_qpair(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr, struct spdk_nvme_qpa
 		tqpair->stats = &tgroup->stats;
 		tqpair->shared_stats = true;
 	} else {
-		tqpair->stats = calloc(1, sizeof(*tqpair->stats));
-		if (!tqpair->stats) {
-			SPDK_ERRLOG("tcp stats memory allocation failed\n");
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		/* When resetting a controller, we disconnect adminq and then reconnect. The stats
+		 * is not freed when disconnecting. So when reconnecting, don't allocate memory
+		 * again.
+		 */
+		if (tqpair->stats == NULL) {
+			tqpair->stats = calloc(1, sizeof(*tqpair->stats));
+			if (!tqpair->stats) {
+				SPDK_ERRLOG("tcp stats memory allocation failed\n");
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
 		}
 	}