diff --git a/lib/nvmf/rdma.c b/lib/nvmf/rdma.c
index 601070d08..6c064bf31 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/rdma.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/rdma.c
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 #include "spdk_internal/log.h"
 #include "spdk_internal/rdma.h"
 
+#include "nvmf_internal.h"
+
 struct spdk_nvme_rdma_hooks g_nvmf_hooks = {};
 const struct spdk_nvmf_transport_ops spdk_nvmf_transport_rdma;
 
@@ -4030,6 +4032,40 @@ static void
 nvmf_rdma_qpair_abort_request(struct spdk_nvmf_qpair *qpair,
 			      struct spdk_nvmf_request *req)
 {
+	struct spdk_nvmf_rdma_qpair *rqpair;
+	uint16_t cid;
+	uint32_t i;
+	struct spdk_nvmf_rdma_request *rdma_req_to_abort = NULL;
+	int rc;
+
+	rqpair = SPDK_CONTAINEROF(qpair, struct spdk_nvmf_rdma_qpair, qpair);
+	cid = req->cmd->nvme_cmd.cdw10_bits.abort.cid;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < rqpair->max_queue_depth; i++) {
+		rdma_req_to_abort = &rqpair->resources->reqs[i];
+
+		if (rdma_req_to_abort->state != RDMA_REQUEST_STATE_FREE &&
+		    rdma_req_to_abort->req.cmd->nvme_cmd.cid == cid) {
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (rdma_req_to_abort == NULL) {
+		goto complete;
+	}
+
+	switch (rdma_req_to_abort->state) {
+	case RDMA_REQUEST_STATE_EXECUTING:
+		rc = nvmf_ctrlr_abort_request(req, &rdma_req_to_abort->req);
+		if (rc == SPDK_NVMF_REQUEST_EXEC_STATUS_ASYNCHRONOUS) {
+			return;
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+complete:
 	spdk_nvmf_request_complete(req);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/nvmf/rdma.c/rdma_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/rdma.c/rdma_ut.c
index 1545be548..43e63c3a5 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/nvmf/rdma.c/rdma_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/rdma.c/rdma_ut.c
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ DEFINE_STUB(spdk_nvmf_request_get_dif_ctx, bool, (struct spdk_nvmf_request *req,
 DEFINE_STUB_V(spdk_nvme_trid_populate_transport, (struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid,
 		enum spdk_nvme_transport_type trtype));
 DEFINE_STUB_V(spdk_nvmf_tgt_new_qpair, (struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *tgt, struct spdk_nvmf_qpair *qpair));
+DEFINE_STUB(nvmf_ctrlr_abort_request, int,
+	    (struct spdk_nvmf_request *req, struct spdk_nvmf_request *req_to_abort),
+	    0);
 
 const char *
 spdk_nvme_transport_id_trtype_str(enum spdk_nvme_transport_type trtype)