diff --git a/test/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf.c b/test/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf.c
index 8ac54a604..83c4b6731 100644
--- a/test/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf.c
+++ b/test/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf.c
@@ -1283,6 +1283,7 @@ bdevperf_construct_job(struct spdk_bdev *bdev, struct job_config *config,
 	job->bdev = bdev;
 	job->io_size_blocks = job->io_size / data_block_size;
 	job->buf_size = job->io_size_blocks * block_size;
+	job->abort = g_abort;
 	job_init_rw(job, config->rw);
 
 	if ((job->io_size % data_block_size) != 0) {
@@ -2070,6 +2071,10 @@ verify_test_params(struct spdk_app_opts *opts)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (g_abort && !g_timeout_in_sec) {
+		printf("Timeout must be set for abort option, Ignoring g_abort\n");
+	}
+
 	if (g_show_performance_ema_period > 0 &&
 	    g_show_performance_real_time == 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "-P option must be specified with -S option\n");