diff --git a/test/lib/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf.c b/test/lib/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf.c
index b0d50b5f64..8560ba5d31 100644
--- a/test/lib/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf.c
+++ b/test/lib/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf.c
@@ -268,7 +268,10 @@ bdevperf_complete(struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io, bool success, void *cb_arg)
 	}
 
 	target->current_queue_depth--;
-	target->io_completed++;
+
+	if (success) {
+		target->io_completed++;
+	}
 
 	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&target->task_list, task, link);