diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c
index e6e2f210d..c2f27ae0d 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "spdk/nvmf_spec.h"
 #include "spdk/string.h"
 #include "spdk/endian.h"
+#include "spdk/likely.h"
 
 #include "nvme_internal.h"
 
@@ -1531,6 +1532,45 @@ nvme_rdma_qpair_fail(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void
+nvme_rdma_qpair_check_timeout(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair)
+{
+	uint64_t t02;
+	struct spdk_nvme_rdma_req *rdma_req, *tmp;
+	struct nvme_rdma_qpair *rqpair = nvme_rdma_qpair(qpair);
+	struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr = qpair->ctrlr;
+	struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr_process *active_proc;
+
+	/* Don't check timeouts during controller initialization. */
+	if (ctrlr->state != NVME_CTRLR_STATE_READY) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (nvme_qpair_is_admin_queue(qpair)) {
+		active_proc = spdk_nvme_ctrlr_get_current_process(ctrlr);
+	} else {
+		active_proc = qpair->active_proc;
+	}
+
+	/* Only check timeouts if the current process has a timeout callback. */
+	if (active_proc == NULL || active_proc->timeout_cb_fn == NULL) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	t02 = spdk_get_ticks();
+	TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(rdma_req, &rqpair->outstanding_reqs, link, tmp) {
+		assert(rdma_req->req != NULL);
+
+		if (nvme_request_check_timeout(rdma_req->req, rdma_req->id, active_proc, t02)) {
+			/*
+			 * The requests are in order, so as soon as one has not timed out,
+			 * stop iterating.
+			 */
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 #define MAX_COMPLETIONS_PER_POLL 128
 
 int
@@ -1599,6 +1639,10 @@ nvme_rdma_qpair_process_completions(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
 		}
 	} while (reaped < max_completions);
 
+	if (spdk_unlikely(rqpair->qpair.ctrlr->timeout_enabled)) {
+		nvme_rdma_qpair_check_timeout(qpair);
+	}
+
 	return reaped;
 }