diff --git a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_ocssd.c b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_ocssd.c
index aa2f78c32..82f9ec01b 100644
--- a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_ocssd.c
+++ b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_ocssd.c
@@ -810,9 +810,20 @@ _bdev_ocssd_submit_request(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev
 
 	switch (bdev_io->type) {
 	case SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_READ:
-		spdk_bdev_io_get_buf(bdev_io, bdev_ocssd_io_get_buf_cb,
-				     bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks * bdev_io->bdev->blocklen);
-		return 0;
+		if (bdev_io->u.bdev.iovs && bdev_io->u.bdev.iovs[0].iov_base) {
+			return bdev_ocssd_read(ocssd_bdev,
+					       nvme_ch,
+					       ocdev_io,
+					       bdev_io->u.bdev.iovs,
+					       bdev_io->u.bdev.iovcnt,
+					       bdev_io->u.bdev.md_buf,
+					       bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks,
+					       bdev_io->u.bdev.offset_blocks);
+		} else {
+			spdk_bdev_io_get_buf(bdev_io, bdev_ocssd_io_get_buf_cb,
+					     bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks * bdev_io->bdev->blocklen);
+			return 0;
+		}
 
 	case SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_WRITE:
 		return bdev_ocssd_write(ocssd_bdev,