diff --git a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
index d6a462ca05..b8ab3d414e 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ SPDK_TRACE_REGISTER_FN(nvmf_tcp_trace, "nvmf_tcp", TRACE_GROUP_NVMF_TCP)
 					SPDK_TRACE_ARG_TYPE_INT, "");
 	spdk_trace_register_description("TCP_QP_ABORT_REQ", TRACE_TCP_QP_ABORT_REQ,
 					OWNER_NONE, OBJECT_NONE, 0,
-					SPDK_TRACE_ARG_TYPE_INT, "");
+					SPDK_TRACE_ARG_TYPE_PTR, "qpair");
 	spdk_trace_register_description("TCP_QP_RCV_STATE_CHANGE", TRACE_TCP_QP_RCV_STATE_CHANGE,
 					OWNER_NONE, OBJECT_NONE, 0,
 					SPDK_TRACE_ARG_TYPE_INT, "state");