diff --git a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c
index 45f493aed..2ea0c8d5d 100644
--- a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c
+++ b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	spdk_app_fini();
 
-	if (spdk_nvmf_check_pools(&g_nvmf_tgt) != 0) {
+	if (spdk_nvmf_check_pools() != 0) {
 		rc = -1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
index a0ab44ddb..4729a3ffd 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
@@ -187,8 +187,9 @@ static int spdk_nvmf_check_pool(struct rte_mempool *pool, uint32_t count)
 }
 
 int
-spdk_nvmf_check_pools(struct spdk_nvmf_globals *spdk_nvmf)
+spdk_nvmf_check_pools(void)
 {
+	struct spdk_nvmf_globals *spdk_nvmf = &g_nvmf_tgt;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	rc += spdk_nvmf_check_pool(spdk_nvmf->nvme_request_pool, SPDK_NVMF_DESC_POOL_SIZE(spdk_nvmf));
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.h b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.h
index 402dc79fd..24aa3288d 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.h
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ nvmf_tgt_init(char *authfile, char *nodebase, int max_in_capsule_data, int max_s
 struct nvmf_request;
 
 int
-spdk_nvmf_check_pools(struct spdk_nvmf_globals *spdk_nvmf);
+spdk_nvmf_check_pools(void);
 
 int
 nvmf_initialize(void);