diff --git a/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c b/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
index 14a9ca8c0..26457589b 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ bdev_nvme_library_fini(void)
 
 	TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(nvme_bdev, &g_nvme_bdevs, link, btmp) {
 		TAILQ_REMOVE(&g_nvme_bdevs, nvme_bdev, link);
-		bdev_nvme_destruct(&nvme_bdev->disk);
+		spdk_bdev_unregister(&nvme_bdev->disk, NULL, NULL);
 	}
 }