diff --git a/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid.c b/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid.c
index 7e087d611..3699a7682 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ raid_bdev_free(void)
  * params:
  * raid_name - name for raid bdev.
  */
-static struct raid_bdev_config *
+struct raid_bdev_config *
 raid_bdev_config_find_by_name(const char *raid_name)
 {
 	struct raid_bdev_config *raid_cfg;
diff --git a/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid.h b/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid.h
index ba7a7c19e..17fb4d3ec 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid.h
+++ b/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid.h
@@ -212,5 +212,6 @@ int raid_bdev_config_add(const char *raid_name, int strip_size, int num_base_bde
 int raid_bdev_config_add_base_bdev(struct raid_bdev_config *raid_cfg,
 				   const char *base_bdev_name, uint32_t slot);
 void raid_bdev_config_cleanup(struct raid_bdev_config *raid_cfg);
+struct raid_bdev_config *raid_bdev_config_find_by_name(const char *raid_name);
 
 #endif // SPDK_BDEV_RAID_INTERNAL_H
diff --git a/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid_rpc.c b/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid_rpc.c
index 7c5ec5013..472a71222 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid_rpc.c
@@ -385,13 +385,7 @@ spdk_rpc_destroy_raid_bdev(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request, const struct sp
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/* Find raid bdev config for this raid bdev */
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(raid_cfg, &g_spdk_raid_config.raid_bdev_config_head, link) {
-		if (strcmp(raid_cfg->name, req.name) == 0) {
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
+	raid_cfg = raid_bdev_config_find_by_name(req.name);
 	if (raid_cfg == NULL) {
 		spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response_fmt(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS,
 						     "raid bdev %s is not found in config", req.name);