diff --git a/test/nvmf/common.sh b/test/nvmf/common.sh
index 69405be9b..e30b8bd63 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/common.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/common.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 NVMF_PORT=4420
 NVMF_IP_PREFIX="192.168.100"
 NVMF_IP_LEAST_ADDR=8
+NVMF_TCP_IP_ADDRESS="127.0.0.1"
 
 if [ -z "$NVMF_APP" ]; then
 	NVMF_APP=./app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt
diff --git a/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh b/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
index d12d7088d..881b784ae 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ set -e
 
 RDMA_IP_LIST=$(get_available_rdma_ips)
 NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP=$(echo "$RDMA_IP_LIST" | head -n 1)
+TYPES="TCP"
 if [ -z $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP ]; then
-	echo "no NIC for nvmf test"
-	exit 0
+	echo "no RDMA NIC for nvmf test, will only test TCP/IP transport"
+else
+	TYPES=${TYPES}" RDMA"
 fi
 
 timing_enter perf
@@ -94,7 +96,15 @@ function test_perf()
 	fi
 }
 
-test_perf "RDMA" $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP
+for type in $TYPES; do
+	if [ $type == "TCP" ]; then
+		nvmf_tgt_ip=$NVMF_TCP_IP_ADDRESS
+	else
+		nvmf_tgt_ip=$NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP
+	fi
+
+	test_perf $type $nvmf_tgt_ip
+done
 
 trap - SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT