diff --git a/scripts/perf/nvmf/README.md b/scripts/perf/nvmf/README.md
index dec0d5c75..3d0ff9c3e 100644
--- a/scripts/perf/nvmf/README.md
+++ b/scripts/perf/nvmf/README.md
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ There can be one or more `initiatorX` setting sections, depending on the test se
 "initiator1": {
   "ip": "10.0.0.1",
   "nic_ips": ["192.0.1.2"],
-  "remote_nic_ips": ["192.0.1.1"],
+  "target_nic_ips": ["192.0.1.1"],
   "mode": "spdk",
   "fio_bin": "/path/to/fio/bin",
   "nvmecli_bin": "/path/to/nvmecli/bin",
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Required:
 - ip - management IP address of initiator system to set up SSH connection.
 - nic_ips - list of IP addresses of NIC ports to be used in test,
   local to given initiator system.
-- remote_nic_ips - list of IP addresses of Target NIC ports to which initiator
+- target_nic_ips - list of IP addresses of Target NIC ports to which initiator
   will attempt to connect to.
 - mode - initiator mode, "spdk" or "kernel". For SPDK, the bdev fio plugin
   will be used to connect to NVMe-oF subsystems and submit I/O. For "kernel",
diff --git a/scripts/perf/nvmf/run_nvmf.py b/scripts/perf/nvmf/run_nvmf.py
index 7ea4c02c1..3ec4e5c2b 100755
--- a/scripts/perf/nvmf/run_nvmf.py
+++ b/scripts/perf/nvmf/run_nvmf.py
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ class Initiator(Server):
 
         # Required fields
         self.ip = initiator_config["ip"]
-        self.remote_nic_ips = initiator_config["remote_nic_ips"]
+        self.target_nic_ips = initiator_config["target_nic_ips"]
 
         # Defaults
         self.cpus_allowed = None
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         pass
 
     for i in initiators:
-        i.discover_subsystems(i.remote_nic_ips, target_obj.subsys_no)
+        i.discover_subsystems(i.target_nic_ips, target_obj.subsys_no)
         if i.enable_adq:
             i.adq_configure_tc()
 
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         configs = []
         for i in initiators:
             if i.mode == "kernel":
-                i.kernel_init_connect(i.remote_nic_ips, target_obj.subsys_no)
+                i.kernel_init_connect(i.target_nic_ips, target_obj.subsys_no)
 
             cfg = i.gen_fio_config(rw, fio_rw_mix_read, block_size, io_depth, target_obj.subsys_no,
                                    fio_num_jobs, fio_ramp_time, fio_run_time)
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
         for i in initiators:
             if i.mode == "kernel":
-                i.kernel_init_disconnect(i.remote_nic_ips, target_obj.subsys_no)
+                i.kernel_init_disconnect(i.target_nic_ips, target_obj.subsys_no)
             i.copy_result_files(target_results_dir)
 
     target_obj.restore_governor()