diff --git a/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_tgt.c b/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_tgt.c
index bb35dcce5..663e77ef4 100644
--- a/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_tgt.c
+++ b/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_tgt.c
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ nvmf_tgt_poll_group_add(void *arg1, void *arg2)
 	struct spdk_nvmf_qpair *qpair = arg1;
 	struct nvmf_tgt_poll_group *pg = arg2;
 
-	spdk_nvmf_poll_group_add(pg->group, qpair);
+	if (spdk_nvmf_poll_group_add(pg->group, qpair) != 0) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("Unable to add the qpair to a poll group.\n");
+		spdk_nvmf_qpair_disconnect(qpair, NULL, NULL);
+	}
 }
 
 /* Round robin selection of cores */