diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
index 4d39a11e6..059398851 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
@@ -761,6 +761,8 @@ spdk_nvme_qpair_process_completions(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair, uint32_t max_
 	 */
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		nvme_qpair_resubmit_requests(qpair, ret);
+	} else {
+		_nvme_qpair_complete_abort_queued_reqs(qpair);
 	}
 
 	return ret;