diff --git a/test/nvmf/host/bdevperf.sh b/test/nvmf/host/bdevperf.sh
index f35187734..ca73c9560 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/host/bdevperf.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/host/bdevperf.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ function tgt_init()
 }
 
 nvmftestinit
+# There is an intermittent error relating to this test and Soft-RoCE. for now, just
+# skip this test if we are using rxe. TODO: get to the bottom of GitHub issue #1165
+if [ $TEST_TRANSPORT == "rdma" ] && check_ip_is_soft_roce $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP; then
+	echo "Using software RDMA, skipping the host bdevperf tests."
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 
 tgt_init