diff --git a/test/nvmf/host/target_disconnect.sh b/test/nvmf/host/target_disconnect.sh
index 2122fc460..fcd78733d 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/host/target_disconnect.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/host/target_disconnect.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function disconnect_init()
 
 # There is an intermittent error relating to this test and Soft-RoCE. for now, just
 # skip this test if we are using rxe. TODO: get to the bottom of GitHub issue #1043
-if check_ip_is_soft_roce $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP; then
+if [ $TEST_TRANSPORT == "rdma" ] && check_ip_is_soft_roce $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP; then
 	echo "Using software RDMA, skipping the target disconnect tests."
 	exit 0
 fi