diff --git a/module/event/subsystems/nvmf/conf.c b/module/event/subsystems/nvmf/conf.c
index 6b62ac4970..ac030860ad 100644
--- a/module/event/subsystems/nvmf/conf.c
+++ b/module/event/subsystems/nvmf/conf.c
@@ -626,14 +626,13 @@ spdk_nvmf_parse_transport(struct spdk_nvmf_parse_transport_ctx *ctx)
 		opts.buf_cache_size = val;
 	}
 
-	val = spdk_conf_section_get_intval(ctx->sp, "MaxSRQDepth");
-	if (val >= 0) {
-		if (trtype == SPDK_NVME_TRANSPORT_RDMA) {
+	if (trtype == SPDK_NVME_TRANSPORT_RDMA) {
+		val = spdk_conf_section_get_intval(ctx->sp, "MaxSRQDepth");
+		if (val >= 0) {
 			opts.max_srq_depth = val;
-		} else {
-			SPDK_ERRLOG("MaxSRQDepth is relevant only for RDMA transport '%s'\n", type);
-			goto error_out;
 		}
+		bval = spdk_conf_section_get_boolval(ctx->sp, "NoSRQ", false);
+		opts.no_srq = bval;
 	}
 
 	if (trtype == SPDK_NVME_TRANSPORT_TCP) {