diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
index 5d8b519e6..ced02e9bb 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
@@ -563,7 +563,16 @@ spdk_nvme_ctrlr_free_io_qpair(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair)
 
 	/* Do not retry. */
 	nvme_qpair_set_state(qpair, NVME_QPAIR_DESTROYING);
-	nvme_qpair_abort_reqs(qpair, 1);
+
+	/* In the multi-process case, a process may call this function on a foreign
+	 * I/O qpair (i.e. one that this process did not create) when that qpairs process
+	 * exits unexpectedly.  In that case, we must not try to abort any reqs associated
+	 * with that qpair, since the callbacks will also be foreign to this process.
+	 */
+	if (qpair->active_proc == nvme_ctrlr_get_current_process(ctrlr)) {
+		nvme_qpair_abort_reqs(qpair, 1);
+	}
+
 	nvme_robust_mutex_lock(&ctrlr->ctrlr_lock);
 
 	nvme_ctrlr_proc_remove_io_qpair(qpair);
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_transport.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_transport.c
index 75ff85484..1f47a025b 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_transport.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_transport.c
@@ -278,7 +278,14 @@ nvme_transport_ctrlr_create_io_qpair(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr, uint16_t qid
 int
 nvme_transport_ctrlr_delete_io_qpair(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair)
 {
-	return qpair->transport->ops.ctrlr_delete_io_qpair(ctrlr, qpair);
+	const struct spdk_nvme_transport *transport = nvme_get_transport(ctrlr->trid.trstring);
+
+	/* Do not rely on qpair->transport.  For multi-process cases, a foreign process may delete
+	 * the IO qpair, in which case the transport object would be invalid (each process has their
+	 * own unique transport objects since they contain function pointers).  So we look up the
+	 * transport object in the delete_io_qpair case.
+	 */
+	return transport->ops.ctrlr_delete_io_qpair(ctrlr, qpair);
 }
 
 int