diff --git a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr_cmd.c b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr_cmd.c
index 225d12befb6e..f41e1eb1a771 100644
--- a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr_cmd.c
+++ b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr_cmd.c
@@ -281,3 +281,19 @@ nvme_ctrlr_cmd_get_health_information_page(struct nvme_controller *ctrlr,
 
 	nvme_ctrlr_submit_admin_request(ctrlr, req);
 }
+
+void
+nvme_ctrlr_cmd_abort(struct nvme_controller *ctrlr, uint16_t cid,
+    uint16_t sqid, nvme_cb_fn_t cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
+{
+	struct nvme_request *req;
+	struct nvme_command *cmd;
+
+	req = nvme_allocate_request(NULL, 0, cb_fn, cb_arg);
+
+	cmd = &req->cmd;
+	cmd->opc = NVME_OPC_ABORT;
+	cmd->cdw10 = (cid << 16) | sqid;
+
+	nvme_ctrlr_submit_admin_request(ctrlr, req);
+}
diff --git a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h
index a74b876779f1..69024ba35383 100644
--- a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h
+++ b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ void	nvme_ctrlr_cmd_set_asynchronous_event_config(struct nvme_controller *ctrlr,
 void	nvme_ctrlr_cmd_asynchronous_event_request(struct nvme_controller *ctrlr,
 						  nvme_cb_fn_t cb_fn,
 						  void *cb_arg);
+void	nvme_ctrlr_cmd_abort(struct nvme_controller *ctrlr, uint16_t cid,
+			     uint16_t sqid, nvme_cb_fn_t cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
 
 void	nvme_payload_map(void *arg, bus_dma_segment_t *seg, int nseg,
 			 int error);
diff --git a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_qpair.c b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
index 7fafb7c88c84..6954830da03d 100644
--- a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
+++ b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ nvme_completion_check_retry(const struct nvme_completion *cpl)
 	switch (cpl->sf_sct) {
 	case NVME_SCT_GENERIC:
 		switch (cpl->sf_sc) {
+		case NVME_SC_ABORTED_BY_REQUEST:
+			return (1);
 		case NVME_SC_NAMESPACE_NOT_READY:
 			if (cpl->sf_dnr)
 				return (0);
@@ -60,7 +62,6 @@ nvme_completion_check_retry(const struct nvme_completion *cpl)
 		case NVME_SC_DATA_TRANSFER_ERROR:
 		case NVME_SC_ABORTED_POWER_LOSS:
 		case NVME_SC_INTERNAL_DEVICE_ERROR:
-		case NVME_SC_ABORTED_BY_REQUEST:
 		case NVME_SC_ABORTED_SQ_DELETION:
 		case NVME_SC_ABORTED_FAILED_FUSED:
 		case NVME_SC_ABORTED_MISSING_FUSED:
@@ -378,10 +379,10 @@ nvme_io_qpair_destroy(struct nvme_qpair *qpair)
 static void
 nvme_timeout(void *arg)
 {
-	/*
-	 * TODO: Add explicit abort operation here, once nvme(4) supports
-	 *  abort commands.
-	 */
+	struct nvme_tracker	*tr = arg;
+
+	nvme_ctrlr_cmd_abort(tr->qpair->ctrlr, tr->cid, tr->qpair->id,
+	    NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 void