diff --git a/examples/nvme/perf/perf.c b/examples/nvme/perf/perf.c
index 9205eaa01..dbe27c18a 100644
--- a/examples/nvme/perf/perf.c
+++ b/examples/nvme/perf/perf.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  *   All rights reserved.
  *
  *   Copyright (c) 2019-2021 Mellanox Technologies LTD. All rights reserved.
+ *   Copyright (c) 2021 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
  *
  *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -2601,6 +2602,11 @@ probe_cb(void *cb_ctx, const struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (trid->trtype != trid_entry->trid.trtype &&
+	    strcasecmp(trid->trstring, trid_entry->trid.trstring)) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	/* Set io_queue_size to UINT16_MAX, NVMe driver
 	 * will then reduce this to MQES to maximize
 	 * the io_queue_size as much as possible.