diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_internal.h b/lib/nvme/nvme_internal.h
index 91dde60c7..f954d1959 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_internal.h
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_internal.h
@@ -466,6 +466,8 @@ struct spdk_nvme_qpair {
 	void					*req_buf;
 
 	const struct spdk_nvme_transport	*transport;
+
+	struct nvme_completion_poll_status	*poll_status;
 };
 
 struct spdk_nvme_poll_group {
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
index 1414b0991..f431909a1 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
@@ -779,6 +779,7 @@ nvme_qpair_init(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair, uint16_t id,
 	qpair->trtype = ctrlr->trid.trtype;
 	qpair->is_new_qpair = true;
 	qpair->async = async;
+	qpair->poll_status = NULL;
 
 	STAILQ_INIT(&qpair->free_req);
 	STAILQ_INIT(&qpair->queued_req);