diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_internal.h b/lib/nvme/nvme_internal.h
index 8d5619bc7..2efa22e26 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_internal.h
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_internal.h
@@ -1121,6 +1121,9 @@ struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *spdk_nvme_get_ctrlr_by_trid_unsafe(
 	const struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid);
 
 const struct spdk_nvme_transport *nvme_get_transport(const char *transport_name);
+const struct spdk_nvme_transport *nvme_get_first_transport(void);
+const struct spdk_nvme_transport *nvme_get_next_transport(const struct spdk_nvme_transport
+		*transport);
 
 /* Transport specific functions */
 struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *nvme_transport_ctrlr_construct(const struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid,
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_transport.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_transport.c
index 3598349e7..7557b6fa6 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_transport.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_transport.c
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ struct spdk_nvme_transport {
 TAILQ_HEAD(nvme_transport_list, spdk_nvme_transport) g_spdk_nvme_transports =
 	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(g_spdk_nvme_transports);
 
+const struct spdk_nvme_transport *
+nvme_get_first_transport(void)
+{
+	return TAILQ_FIRST(&g_spdk_nvme_transports);
+}
+
+const struct spdk_nvme_transport *
+nvme_get_next_transport(const struct spdk_nvme_transport *transport)
+{
+	return TAILQ_NEXT(transport, link);
+}
+
 /*
  * Unfortunately, due to NVMe PCIe multiprocess support, we cannot store the
  * transport object in either the controller struct or the admin qpair. THis means