diff --git a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
index 49febb187..84606b1a8 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
@@ -1464,6 +1464,7 @@ nvmf_tcp_send_c2h_term_req(struct spdk_nvmf_tcp_qpair *tqpair, struct nvme_tcp_p
 	c2h_term_req = &rsp_pdu->hdr.term_req;
 	c2h_term_req->common.pdu_type = SPDK_NVME_TCP_PDU_TYPE_C2H_TERM_REQ;
 	c2h_term_req->common.hlen = c2h_term_req_hdr_len;
+	c2h_term_req->fes = fes;
 
 	if ((fes == SPDK_NVME_TCP_TERM_REQ_FES_INVALID_HEADER_FIELD) ||
 	    (fes == SPDK_NVME_TCP_TERM_REQ_FES_INVALID_DATA_UNSUPPORTED_PARAMETER)) {
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/nvmf/tcp.c/tcp_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/tcp.c/tcp_ut.c
index a9ceca748..d304a03d0 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/nvmf/tcp.c/tcp_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/tcp.c/tcp_ut.c
@@ -818,6 +818,7 @@ test_nvmf_tcp_send_c2h_term_req(void)
 	CU_ASSERT(tqpair.mgmt_pdu->hdr.term_req.common.plen == tqpair.mgmt_pdu->hdr.term_req.common.hlen +
 		  pdu.hdr.common.hlen);
 	CU_ASSERT(tqpair.mgmt_pdu->hdr.term_req.common.pdu_type == SPDK_NVME_TCP_PDU_TYPE_C2H_TERM_REQ);
+	CU_ASSERT(tqpair.mgmt_pdu->hdr.term_req.fes == SPDK_NVME_TCP_TERM_REQ_FES_INVALID_HEADER_FIELD);
 
 	/* case2: hlen > SPDK_NVME_TCP_TERM_REQ_ERROR_DATA_MAX_SIZE, Expect: copy_len == SPDK_NVME_TCP_TERM_REQ_ERROR_DATA_MAX_SIZE */
 	pdu.hdr.common.hlen = 255;
@@ -827,6 +828,7 @@ test_nvmf_tcp_send_c2h_term_req(void)
 	CU_ASSERT(tqpair.mgmt_pdu->hdr.term_req.common.plen == (unsigned)
 		  tqpair.mgmt_pdu->hdr.term_req.common.hlen + SPDK_NVME_TCP_TERM_REQ_ERROR_DATA_MAX_SIZE);
 	CU_ASSERT(tqpair.mgmt_pdu->hdr.term_req.common.pdu_type == SPDK_NVME_TCP_PDU_TYPE_C2H_TERM_REQ);
+	CU_ASSERT(tqpair.mgmt_pdu->hdr.term_req.fes == SPDK_NVME_TCP_TERM_REQ_FES_INVALID_HEADER_FIELD);
 }
 
 static void