diff --git a/lib/nvmf/rdma.c b/lib/nvmf/rdma.c
index 7ec14d784..bc37cbf0c 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/rdma.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/rdma.c
@@ -1893,6 +1893,7 @@ spdk_nvmf_rdma_poll_group_remove(struct spdk_nvmf_transport_poll_group *group,
 	TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(rq, &poller->qpairs, link, trq) {
 		if (rq == rqpair) {
 			TAILQ_REMOVE(&poller->qpairs, rqpair, link);
+			rqpair->poller = NULL;
 			break;
 		}
 	}