diff --git a/test/spdkcli/match_files/spdkcli_pmem_info.test.match b/test/spdkcli/match_files/spdkcli_pmem_info.test.match
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdebc2ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spdkcli/match_files/spdkcli_pmem_info.test.match
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[
+  {
+    "num_blocks": 64700,
+    "block_size": 512
+  }
+]
+[
+  {
+    "num_blocks": 64700,
+    "block_size": 512
+  }
+]
diff --git a/test/spdkcli/pmem.sh b/test/spdkcli/pmem.sh
index 17c140038..c1cb7e227 100755
--- a/test/spdkcli/pmem.sh
+++ b/test/spdkcli/pmem.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MATCH_FILE="spdkcli_pmem.test"
 SPDKCLI_BRANCH="/bdevs/pmemblk"
 
 timing_enter spdkcli_pmem
-trap 'on_error_exit;' ERR
+trap 'rm -f $testdir/match_files/spdkcli_pmem_info.test; on_error_exit;' ERR
 
 timing_enter run_spdk_tgt
 run_spdk_tgt
@@ -17,14 +17,22 @@ timing_exit run_spdk_tgt
 
 timing_enter spdkcli_create_pmem_config
 $spdkcli_job "'/bdevs/pmemblk create_pmem_pool /tmp/sample_pmem0 32 512' '' True
-'/bdevs/pmemblk create /tmp/sample_pmem0 pmem_bdev0' 'pmem_bdev0' True
 '/bdevs/pmemblk create_pmem_pool /tmp/sample_pmem1 32 512' '' True
+"
+
+# Saving pmem pool info before they get claimed by /bdevs/pmemblk create
+$rootdir/scripts/spdkcli.py /bdevs/pmemblk pmem_pool_info /tmp/sample_pmem0 >> $testdir/match_files/spdkcli_pmem_info.test
+$rootdir/scripts/spdkcli.py /bdevs/pmemblk pmem_pool_info /tmp/sample_pmem1 >> $testdir/match_files/spdkcli_pmem_info.test
+
+$spdkcli_job "'/bdevs/pmemblk create /tmp/sample_pmem0 pmem_bdev0' 'pmem_bdev0' True
 '/bdevs/pmemblk create /tmp/sample_pmem1 pmem_bdev1' 'pmem_bdev1' True
 "
+
 timing_exit spdkcli_create_pmem_config
 
 timing_enter spdkcli_check_match
 check_match
+$rootdir/test/app/match/match -v $testdir/match_files/spdkcli_pmem_info.test.match
 timing_exit spdkcli_check_match
 
 timing_enter spdkcli_clear_pmem_config
@@ -34,6 +42,7 @@ $spdkcli_job "'/bdevs/pmemblk delete pmem_bdev0' 'pmem_bdev0'
 '/bdevs/pmemblk delete_pmem_pool /tmp/sample_pmem1' ''
 "
 rm -f /tmp/sample_pmem
+rm -f $testdir/match_files/spdkcli_pmem_info.test
 timing_exit spdkcli_clear_pmem_config
 
 killprocess $spdk_tgt_pid