diff --git a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c
index 937c82108..f40622c4f 100644
--- a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c
+++ b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c
@@ -282,12 +282,7 @@ spdk_rpc_bdev_nvme_attach_controller(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 
 	/* Parse trtype */
 	rc = spdk_nvme_transport_id_parse_trtype(&trid.trtype, ctx->req.trtype);
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		SPDK_ERRLOG("Failed to parse trtype: %s\n", ctx->req.trtype);
-		spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response_fmt(request, -EINVAL, "Failed to parse trtype: %s",
-						     ctx->req.trtype);
-		goto cleanup;
-	}
+	assert(rc == 0);
 
 	/* Parse traddr */
 	snprintf(trid.traddr, sizeof(trid.traddr), "%s", ctx->req.traddr);