diff --git a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
index 4f9eac413..85afd6b5f 100644
--- a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
+++ b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
@@ -574,9 +574,13 @@ _bdev_nvme_add_io_path(struct nvme_bdev_channel *nbdev_ch, struct nvme_ns *nvme_
 	}
 
 	io_path->ctrlr_ch = spdk_io_channel_get_ctx(ch);
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&io_path->ctrlr_ch->io_path_list, io_path, tailq);
+
 	io_path->nvme_ns = nvme_ns;
 
+	io_path->nbdev_ch = nbdev_ch;
 	STAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&nbdev_ch->io_path_list, io_path, stailq);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -587,6 +591,7 @@ _bdev_nvme_delete_io_path(struct nvme_bdev_channel *nbdev_ch, struct nvme_io_pat
 
 	STAILQ_REMOVE(&nbdev_ch->io_path_list, io_path, nvme_io_path, stailq);
 
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(&io_path->ctrlr_ch->io_path_list, io_path, tailq);
 	ch = spdk_io_channel_from_ctx(io_path->ctrlr_ch);
 	spdk_put_io_channel(ch);
 
@@ -1750,6 +1755,7 @@ bdev_nvme_create_ctrlr_channel_cb(void *io_device, void *ctx_buf)
 #endif
 
 	TAILQ_INIT(&ctrlr_ch->pending_resets);
+	TAILQ_INIT(&ctrlr_ch->io_path_list);
 
 	rc = bdev_nvme_create_qpair(ctrlr_ch);
 	if (rc != 0) {
diff --git a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.h b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.h
index f1c1a73cf..a1c362caa 100644
--- a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.h
+++ b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ struct nvme_ns {
 struct nvme_bdev_io;
 struct nvme_bdev_ctrlr;
 struct nvme_bdev;
+struct nvme_io_path;
 
 struct nvme_path_id {
 	struct spdk_nvme_transport_id		trid;
@@ -164,6 +165,10 @@ struct nvme_ctrlr_channel {
 	struct nvme_poll_group		*group;
 	TAILQ_HEAD(, spdk_bdev_io)	pending_resets;
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(nvme_ctrlr_channel)	tailq;
+
+	/* The following is used to update io_path cache of nvme_bdev_channels. */
+	TAILQ_HEAD(, nvme_io_path)	io_path_list;
+
 };
 
 #define nvme_ctrlr_channel_get_ctrlr(ctrlr_ch)	\
@@ -173,6 +178,10 @@ struct nvme_io_path {
 	struct nvme_ns			*nvme_ns;
 	struct nvme_ctrlr_channel	*ctrlr_ch;
 	STAILQ_ENTRY(nvme_io_path)	stailq;
+
+	/* The following are used to update io_path cache of the nvme_bdev_channel. */
+	struct nvme_bdev_channel	*nbdev_ch;
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(nvme_io_path)	tailq;
 };
 
 struct nvme_bdev_channel {