diff --git a/lib/event/app.c b/lib/event/app.c
index b6cab05a3..8b5a34285 100644
--- a/lib/event/app.c
+++ b/lib/event/app.c
@@ -506,7 +506,6 @@ app_setup_env(struct spdk_app_opts *opts)
 		return rc;
 	}
 
-
 	spdk_env_opts_init(&env_opts);
 
 	env_opts.name = opts->name;
@@ -522,6 +521,7 @@ app_setup_env(struct spdk_app_opts *opts)
 	env_opts.num_pci_addr = opts->num_pci_addr;
 	env_opts.pci_blacklist = opts->pci_blacklist;
 	env_opts.pci_whitelist = opts->pci_whitelist;
+	env_opts.base_virtaddr = opts->base_virtaddr;
 	env_opts.env_context = opts->env_context;
 	env_opts.iova_mode = opts->iova_mode;
 
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ app_setup_env(struct spdk_app_opts *opts)
 	free(env_opts.pci_blacklist);
 	free(env_opts.pci_whitelist);
 
-
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		SPDK_ERRLOG("Unable to initialize SPDK env\n");
 	}