diff --git a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
index 2551e0c30..e3335d2b0 100644
--- a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
+++ b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
@@ -1779,7 +1779,11 @@ bdev_nvme_reset_ctrlr(struct spdk_io_channel_iter *i, int status)
 
 	assert(status == 0);
 
-	nvme_ctrlr_disconnect(nvme_ctrlr, bdev_nvme_reconnect_ctrlr);
+	if (!spdk_nvme_ctrlr_is_fabrics(nvme_ctrlr->ctrlr)) {
+		bdev_nvme_reconnect_ctrlr(nvme_ctrlr);
+	} else {
+		nvme_ctrlr_disconnect(nvme_ctrlr, bdev_nvme_reconnect_ctrlr);
+	}
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1799,10 +1803,11 @@ _bdev_nvme_reset(void *ctx)
 	assert(nvme_ctrlr->resetting == true);
 	assert(nvme_ctrlr->thread == spdk_get_thread());
 
-	spdk_nvme_ctrlr_prepare_for_reset(nvme_ctrlr->ctrlr);
-
-	/* First, delete all NVMe I/O queue pairs. */
-	bdev_nvme_reset_destroy_qpairs(nvme_ctrlr);
+	if (!spdk_nvme_ctrlr_is_fabrics(nvme_ctrlr->ctrlr)) {
+		nvme_ctrlr_disconnect(nvme_ctrlr, bdev_nvme_reset_destroy_qpairs);
+	} else {
+		bdev_nvme_reset_destroy_qpairs(nvme_ctrlr);
+	}
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c/bdev_nvme_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c/bdev_nvme_ut.c
index afd12e756..72d388a89 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c/bdev_nvme_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c/bdev_nvme_ut.c
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ DEFINE_STUB_V(spdk_nvme_ctrlr_register_aer_callback, (struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ct
 DEFINE_STUB_V(spdk_nvme_ctrlr_register_timeout_callback, (struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr,
 		uint64_t timeout_io_us, uint64_t timeout_admin_us, spdk_nvme_timeout_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg));
 
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_nvme_ctrlr_is_fabrics, bool, (struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr), true);
+
 DEFINE_STUB(spdk_nvme_ctrlr_is_ocssd_supported, bool, (struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr), false);
 
 DEFINE_STUB(spdk_nvme_ctrlr_cmd_abort, int, (struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr,