diff --git a/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c b/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
index 799541636..9513317ad 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
@@ -949,7 +949,8 @@ spdk_bdev_nvme_create(struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid,
 				names[j] = nvme_bdev->disk.name;
 				j++;
 			} else {
-				SPDK_ERRLOG("Unable to return all names of created bdevs\n");
+				SPDK_ERRLOG("Maximum number of namespaces supported per NVMe controller is %zu. Unable to return all names of created bdevs\n",
+					    *count);
 				free(probe_ctx);
 				return -1;
 			}
diff --git a/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c b/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c
index 7b4736a9d..999c010da 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_construct_nvme_decoders[] = {
 	{"subnqn", offsetof(struct rpc_construct_nvme, subnqn), spdk_json_decode_string, true},
 };
 
-#define NVME_MAX_BDEVS_PER_RPC 32
+#define NVME_MAX_BDEVS_PER_RPC 128
 
 static void
 spdk_rpc_construct_nvme_bdev(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,