diff --git a/python/spdk/rpc/vhost.py b/python/spdk/rpc/vhost.py
index 3dc7cbe19..d36c05b16 100644
--- a/python/spdk/rpc/vhost.py
+++ b/python/spdk/rpc/vhost.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from .helpers import deprecated_alias
+from .cmd_parser import *
 
 
 def vhost_controller_set_coalescing(client, ctrlr, delay_base_us, iops_threshold):
@@ -16,12 +17,14 @@ def vhost_controller_set_coalescing(client, ctrlr, delay_base_us, iops_threshold
     return client.call('vhost_controller_set_coalescing', params)
 
 
-def virtio_blk_create_transport(client, name):
+def virtio_blk_create_transport(client, **params):
     """Create virtio blk transport.
     Args:
         name: transport name
     """
-    params = {'name': name}
+    strip_globals(params)
+    remove_null(params)
+
     return client.call('virtio_blk_create_transport', params)
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index c35b1a556..13c369d1d 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -2412,8 +2412,7 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
     p.set_defaults(func=vhost_controller_set_coalescing)
 
     def virtio_blk_create_transport(args):
-        rpc.vhost.virtio_blk_create_transport(args.client,
-                                              name=args.name)
+        rpc.vhost.virtio_blk_create_transport(**vars(args))
 
     p = subparsers.add_parser('virtio_blk_create_transport',
                               help='Create virtio blk transport')