diff --git a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
index 7e0ecf5bd..3abbaf684 100644
--- a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
+++ b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
@@ -2604,6 +2604,13 @@ static int
 nvme_bdev_add_ns(struct nvme_bdev *bdev, struct nvme_ns *nvme_ns)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *tmp_ns;
+	const struct spdk_nvme_ns_data *nsdata;
+
+	nsdata = spdk_nvme_ns_get_data(nvme_ns->ns);
+	if (!nsdata->nmic.can_share) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("Namespace cannot be shared.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&bdev->mutex);
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c/bdev_nvme_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c/bdev_nvme_ut.c
index 318dc1688..0b1a47b16 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c/bdev_nvme_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c/bdev_nvme_ut.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ spdk_nvme_transport_id_compare(const struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid1,
 
 static struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *
 ut_attach_ctrlr(const struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid, uint32_t num_ns,
-		bool ana_reporting, bool multi_ctrlr)
+		bool ana_reporting, bool multipath)
 {
 	struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr;
 	uint32_t i;
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ ut_attach_ctrlr(const struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid, uint32_t num_ns,
 			ctrlr->ns[i].is_active = true;
 			ctrlr->ns[i].ana_state = SPDK_NVME_ANA_OPTIMIZED_STATE;
 			ctrlr->nsdata[i].nsze = 1024;
+			ctrlr->nsdata[i].nmic.can_share = multipath;
 		}
 
 		ctrlr->cdata.nn = num_ns;
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ ut_attach_ctrlr(const struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid, uint32_t num_ns,
 	}
 
 	ctrlr->cdata.cntlid = ++g_ut_cntlid;
-	ctrlr->cdata.cmic.multi_ctrlr = multi_ctrlr;
+	ctrlr->cdata.cmic.multi_ctrlr = multipath;
 	ctrlr->cdata.cmic.ana_reporting = ana_reporting;
 	ctrlr->trid = *trid;
 	TAILQ_INIT(&ctrlr->active_io_qpairs);