diff --git a/include/spdk/bdev_module.h b/include/spdk/bdev_module.h
index 2ca298aef..f83db5e10 100644
--- a/include/spdk/bdev_module.h
+++ b/include/spdk/bdev_module.h
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ struct spdk_bdev_fn_table {
 
 /** bdev I/O completion status */
 enum spdk_bdev_io_status {
+	SPDK_BDEV_IO_STATUS_ABORTED = -7,
 	SPDK_BDEV_IO_STATUS_FIRST_FUSED_FAILED = -6,
 	SPDK_BDEV_IO_STATUS_MISCOMPARE = -5,
 	/*
diff --git a/lib/bdev/bdev.c b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
index e68236811..01749c275 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/bdev.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
@@ -4949,6 +4949,9 @@ spdk_bdev_io_get_nvme_status(const struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io, uint32_t *cdw0,
 	} else if (bdev_io->internal.status == SPDK_BDEV_IO_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 		*sct = SPDK_NVME_SCT_GENERIC;
 		*sc = SPDK_NVME_SC_SUCCESS;
+	} else if (bdev_io->internal.status == SPDK_BDEV_IO_STATUS_ABORTED) {
+		*sct = SPDK_NVME_SCT_GENERIC;
+		*sc = SPDK_NVME_SC_ABORTED_BY_REQUEST;
 	} else {
 		*sct = SPDK_NVME_SCT_GENERIC;
 		*sc = SPDK_NVME_SC_INTERNAL_DEVICE_ERROR;