diff --git a/test/nvmf/target/abort.sh b/test/nvmf/target/abort.sh
index 6a85715af..55d3a55cc 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/target/abort.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/target/abort.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ rpc_py="$rootdir/scripts/rpc.py"
 nvmftestinit
 nvmfappstart -m 0xE
 
-$rpc_py nvmf_create_transport $NVMF_TRANSPORT_OPTS -u 8192
+$rpc_py nvmf_create_transport $NVMF_TRANSPORT_OPTS -u 8192 -a 256
 
 # Construct a delay bdev on a malloc bdev which has constant 10ms delay for all read or write I/Os
 $rpc_py bdev_malloc_create $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE -b Malloc0
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ $rpc_py nvmf_subsystem_add_ns nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode0 Delay0
 $rpc_py nvmf_subsystem_add_listener nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode0 -t $TEST_TRANSPORT -a $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP -s $NVMF_PORT
 
 # Run abort application
-$SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/abort -r "trtype:$TEST_TRANSPORT adrfam:IPv4 traddr:$NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP trsvcid:$NVMF_PORT" -c 0x1 -t 1 -l warning
+$SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/abort -r "trtype:$TEST_TRANSPORT adrfam:IPv4 traddr:$NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP trsvcid:$NVMF_PORT" \
+	-c 0x1 -t 1 -l warning -q 128
 
 # Clean up
 $rpc_py nvmf_delete_subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode0