diff --git a/test/nvmf/host/target_disconnect.sh b/test/nvmf/host/target_disconnect.sh
index 9fdb064963..33a38a9b95 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/host/target_disconnect.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/host/target_disconnect.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ function disconnect_init()
 	$rpc_py nvmf_subsystem_add_listener nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 -t $TEST_TRANSPORT -a $1 -s $NVMF_PORT
 }
 
+# There is an intermittent error relating to this test and Soft-RoCE. for now, just
+# skip this test if we are using rxe. TODO: get to the bottom of GitHub issue #1043
+if check_ip_is_soft_roce $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP; then
+	echo "Using software RDMA, skipping the target disconnect tests."
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 timing_enter target_disconnect
 
 nvmftestinit