diff --git a/test/nvme/reset/reset.c b/test/nvme/reset/reset.c
index 62f114034..73400d7ce 100644
--- a/test/nvme/reset/reset.c
+++ b/test/nvme/reset/reset.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "spdk/nvme.h"
 #include "spdk/env.h"
 #include "spdk/string.h"
+#include "spdk/pci_ids.h"
 
 struct ctrlr_entry {
 	struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr	*ctrlr;
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ static struct ctrlr_entry *g_controllers = NULL;
 static struct ns_entry *g_namespaces = NULL;
 static int g_num_namespaces = 0;
 static struct worker_thread *g_workers = NULL;
+static bool g_qemu_ssd_found = false;
 
 static uint64_t g_tsc_rate;
 
@@ -525,6 +527,22 @@ static void
 attach_cb(void *cb_ctx, const struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid,
 	  struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr, const struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr_opts *opts)
 {
+	if (trid->trtype == SPDK_NVME_TRANSPORT_PCIE) {
+		struct spdk_pci_device *dev = spdk_nvme_ctrlr_get_pci_device(ctrlr);
+
+		/* QEMU emulated SSDs can't handle this test, so we will skip
+		 *  them.  QEMU NVMe SSDs report themselves as VID == Intel.  So we need
+		 *  to check this specific 0x5845 device ID to know whether it's QEMU
+		 *  or not.
+		 */
+		if (spdk_pci_device_get_vendor_id(dev) == SPDK_PCI_VID_INTEL &&
+		    spdk_pci_device_get_device_id(dev) == 0x5845) {
+			g_qemu_ssd_found = true;
+			printf("Skipping QEMU NVMe SSD at %s\n", trid->traddr);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
 	register_ctrlr(ctrlr);
 }
 
@@ -656,7 +674,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	if (!g_controllers) {
 		printf("No NVMe controller found, %s exiting\n", argv[0]);
-		return 1;
+		return g_qemu_ssd_found ? 0 : 1;
 	}
 
 	task_pool = spdk_mempool_create("task_pool", TASK_POOL_NUM,