diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c
index ee4177e72..aaf56ebb9 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c
@@ -1736,6 +1736,7 @@ nvme_tcp_ctrlr_connect_qpair(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr, struct spdk_nvme_qpa
 	opts.opts_size = sizeof(opts);
 	spdk_sock_get_default_opts(&opts);
 	opts.priority = ctrlr->trid.priority;
+	opts.zcopy = !nvme_qpair_is_admin_queue(qpair);
 	tqpair->sock = spdk_sock_connect_ext(ctrlr->trid.traddr, port, NULL, &opts);
 	if (!tqpair->sock) {
 		SPDK_ERRLOG("sock connection error of tqpair=%p with addr=%s, port=%ld\n",
diff --git a/module/sock/posix/posix.c b/module/sock/posix/posix.c
index 5c4cfa095..7602a7dd7 100644
--- a/module/sock/posix/posix.c
+++ b/module/sock/posix/posix.c
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@ posix_sock_create(const char *ip, int port,
 	int rc, sz;
 	bool enable_zero_copy = true;
 
+	assert(opts != NULL);
+
 	if (ip == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -479,7 +481,7 @@ retry:
 		}
 
 #if defined(SO_PRIORITY)
-		if (opts != NULL && opts->priority) {
+		if (opts->priority) {
 			rc = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PRIORITY, &opts->priority, sizeof val);
 			if (rc != 0) {
 				close(fd);
@@ -554,13 +556,8 @@ retry:
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (type == SPDK_SOCK_CREATE_LISTEN) {
-		/* Only enable zero copy for non-loopback sockets. */
-		enable_zero_copy = opts->zcopy && !sock_is_loopback(fd);
-	} else if (type == SPDK_SOCK_CREATE_CONNECT) {
-		/* Disable zero copy for client sockets until support is added */
-		enable_zero_copy = false;
-	}
+	/* Only enable zero copy for non-loopback sockets. */
+	enable_zero_copy = opts->zcopy && !sock_is_loopback(fd);
 
 	sock = posix_sock_alloc(fd, enable_zero_copy);
 	if (sock == NULL) {