diff --git a/test/iscsi_tgt/initiator/initiator.sh b/test/iscsi_tgt/initiator/initiator.sh
index bcc9ac50e..5319b6a0f 100755
--- a/test/iscsi_tgt/initiator/initiator.sh
+++ b/test/iscsi_tgt/initiator/initiator.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ cp $testdir/bdev.conf.in $testdir/bdev.conf
 echo "[iSCSI_Initiator]" >> $testdir/bdev.conf
 echo "  URL iscsi://$TARGET_IP/iqn.2016-06.io.spdk:disk1/0 iSCSI0" >> $testdir/bdev.conf
 $rootdir/test/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf -c $testdir/bdev.conf -q 128 -s 4096 -w verify -t 5 -d 512
+if [ $RUN_NIGHTLY -eq 1 ]; then
+    $rootdir/test/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf -c $testdir/bdev.conf -q 128 -s 4096 -w unmap -t 5 -d 512
+    $rootdir/test/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf -c $testdir/bdev.conf -q 128 -s 4096 -w flush -t 5 -d 512
+    $rootdir/test/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf -c $testdir/bdev.conf -q 128 -s 4096 -w reset -t 10 -d 512
+fi
 rm -f $testdir/bdev.conf
 
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