diff --git a/test/nvmf/discovery/discovery.sh b/test/nvmf/discovery/discovery.sh
index d21c1b7859..376568978d 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/discovery/discovery.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/discovery/discovery.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../../..)
 source $rootdir/scripts/autotest_common.sh
 source $rootdir/test/nvmf/common.sh
 
+MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE=64
+MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE=512
+
 rpc_py="python $rootdir/scripts/rpc.py"
 
 set -e
@@ -29,6 +32,9 @@ trap "killprocess $nvmfpid; exit 1" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
 
 waitforlisten $nvmfpid ${RPC_PORT}
 
+$rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE
+$rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE
+
 modprobe -v nvme-rdma
 
 if [ -e "/dev/nvme-fabrics" ]; then
diff --git a/test/nvmf/filesystem/filesystem.sh b/test/nvmf/filesystem/filesystem.sh
index 9b13bcbe2c..b0eb9d40ab 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/filesystem/filesystem.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/filesystem/filesystem.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../../..)
 source $rootdir/scripts/autotest_common.sh
 source $rootdir/test/nvmf/common.sh
 
+MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE=64
+MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE=512
+
 rpc_py="python $rootdir/scripts/rpc.py"
 
 set -e
@@ -24,6 +27,9 @@ trap "killprocess $nvmfpid; exit 1" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
 
 waitforlisten $nvmfpid ${RPC_PORT}
 
+$rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE
+$rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE
+
 modprobe -v nvme-rdma
 
 if [ -e "/dev/nvme-fabrics" ]; then
diff --git a/test/nvmf/fio/fio.sh b/test/nvmf/fio/fio.sh
index 99169b1581..4d4aaabb95 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/fio/fio.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/fio/fio.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../../..)
 source $rootdir/scripts/autotest_common.sh
 source $rootdir/test/nvmf/common.sh
 
+MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE=64
+MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE=512
+
 rpc_py="python $rootdir/scripts/rpc.py"
 
 set -e
@@ -24,6 +27,9 @@ trap "killprocess $nvmfpid; exit 1" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
 
 waitforlisten $nvmfpid ${RPC_PORT}
 
+$rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE
+$rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE
+
 modprobe -v nvme-rdma
 
 if [ -e "/dev/nvme-fabrics" ]; then
diff --git a/test/nvmf/nvme_cli/nvme_cli.sh b/test/nvmf/nvme_cli/nvme_cli.sh
index 7f0d602a76..94139b6a5f 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/nvme_cli/nvme_cli.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/nvme_cli/nvme_cli.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../../..)
 source $rootdir/scripts/autotest_common.sh
 source $rootdir/test/nvmf/common.sh
 
+MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE=64
+MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE=512
+
 rpc_py="python $rootdir/scripts/rpc.py"
 
 set -e
@@ -23,6 +26,9 @@ trap "killprocess $nvmfpid; exit 1" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
 
 waitforlisten $nvmfpid ${RPC_PORT}
 
+$rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE
+$rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE
+
 modprobe -v nvme-rdma
 
 if [ -e "/dev/nvme-fabrics" ]; then
diff --git a/test/nvmf/nvmf.conf b/test/nvmf/nvmf.conf
index b3f17151f4..b1c452a394 100644
--- a/test/nvmf/nvmf.conf
+++ b/test/nvmf/nvmf.conf
@@ -5,9 +5,5 @@
 [Rpc]
   Enable Yes
 
-[Malloc]
-  NumberOfLuns 2
-  LunSizeInMB 64
-
 [Nvmf]
   MaxQueuesPerSession 4