diff --git a/test/nvmf/target/host_management.sh b/test/nvmf/target/host_management.sh
index 4d35b3051..a3cb66f97 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/target/host_management.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/target/host_management.sh
@@ -90,12 +90,7 @@ function nvmf_host_management() {
 	kill -9 $perfpid || true
 
 	# Run bdevperf
-	$rootdir/test/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf -r /var/tmp/bdevperf.sock --json <(gen_nvmf_target_json "0") -q 64 -o 65536 -w verify -t 1 &
-	perfpid=$!
-	waitforlisten $perfpid /var/tmp/bdevperf.sock
-	$rpc_py -s /var/tmp/bdevperf.sock framework_wait_init
-
-	sleep 2
+	$rootdir/test/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf -r /var/tmp/bdevperf.sock --json <(gen_nvmf_target_json "0") -q 64 -o 65536 -w verify -t 1
 
 	stoptarget
 }