diff --git a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
index 6602daae1..47ff7564a 100644
--- a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
+++ b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ bdev_nvme_dump_info_json(void *ctx, struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w)
 	if (cdata->oacs.security) {
 		spdk_json_write_named_object_begin(w, "security");
 
-		spdk_json_write_named_bool(w, "opal", nvme_bdev_ctrlr->opal_dev ? true : false);
+		spdk_json_write_named_bool(w, "opal", nvme_bdev->opal);
 
 		spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
 	}
@@ -1202,6 +1202,7 @@ nvme_bdev_create(struct nvme_bdev_ctrlr *nvme_bdev_ctrlr, struct nvme_bdev_ns *n
 	}
 
 	bdev->nvme_ns = nvme_ns;
+	bdev->opal = nvme_bdev_ctrlr->opal_dev != NULL;
 
 	rc = nvme_disk_create(&bdev->disk, nvme_bdev_ctrlr->name, nvme_bdev_ctrlr->ctrlr,
 			      nvme_ns->ns, nvme_bdev_ctrlr->prchk_flags, bdev);
diff --git a/module/bdev/nvme/common.h b/module/bdev/nvme/common.h
index 4d4a02dd8..607f553c6 100644
--- a/module/bdev/nvme/common.h
+++ b/module/bdev/nvme/common.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ struct nvme_bdev_ctrlr {
 struct nvme_bdev {
 	struct spdk_bdev	disk;
 	struct nvme_bdev_ns	*nvme_ns;
+	bool			opal;
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(nvme_bdev)	tailq;
 };