diff --git a/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_vhost.sh b/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_vhost.sh
index 099c7cb21..89b115927 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_vhost.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_vhost.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ trap 'process_shm --id $NVMF_APP_SHM_ID; killprocess $vhostpid nvmftestfini; exi
 # Configure NVMF tgt on host machine
 malloc_bdev="$($NVMF_RPC bdev_malloc_create $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE)"
 
-$NVMF_RPC nvmf_create_transport $NVMF_TRANSPORT_OPTS -u 8192 -m 4
+$NVMF_RPC nvmf_create_transport $NVMF_TRANSPORT_OPTS -u 8192
 $NVMF_RPC nvmf_create_subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 -a -s SPDK00000000000001
 $NVMF_RPC nvmf_subsystem_add_ns nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 "$malloc_bdev"
 $NVMF_RPC nvmf_subsystem_add_listener nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 -t $TEST_TRANSPORT -a $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP -s $NVMF_PORT