diff --git a/python/spdk/rpc/bdev.py b/python/spdk/rpc/bdev.py
index 8a357f870..eb4453eb4 100644
--- a/python/spdk/rpc/bdev.py
+++ b/python/spdk/rpc/bdev.py
@@ -1460,7 +1460,8 @@ def bdev_ftl_unload(client, name, fast_shutdown):
     Args:
         name: name of the bdev
     """
-    params = {'name': name}
+    params = {'name': name,
+              'fast_shutdown': fast_shutdown}
 
     return client.call('bdev_ftl_unload', params)
 
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 5de7cba08..6ec8c7283 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -2144,7 +2144,7 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
     p.set_defaults(func=bdev_ftl_load)
 
     def bdev_ftl_unload(args):
-        print_dict(rpc.bdev.bdev_ftl_unload(args.client, name=args.name))
+        print_dict(rpc.bdev.bdev_ftl_unload(args.client, name=args.name, fast_shutdown=args.fast_shutdown))
 
     p = subparsers.add_parser('bdev_ftl_unload', help='Unload FTL bdev')
     p.add_argument('-b', '--name', help="Name of the bdev", required=True)