diff --git a/lib/bdev/bdev.c b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
index 4f9db00258..6515435152 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/bdev.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
@@ -4927,6 +4927,10 @@ spdk_bdev_nvme_admin_passthru(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channe
 		return -EBADF;
 	}
 
+	if (spdk_unlikely(!bdev_io_type_supported(bdev, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_NVME_ADMIN))) {
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+	}
+
 	bdev_io = bdev_channel_get_io(channel);
 	if (!bdev_io) {
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -4965,6 +4969,10 @@ spdk_bdev_nvme_io_passthru(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channel *
 		return -EBADF;
 	}
 
+	if (spdk_unlikely(!bdev_io_type_supported(bdev, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_NVME_IO))) {
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+	}
+
 	bdev_io = bdev_channel_get_io(channel);
 	if (!bdev_io) {
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -5003,6 +5011,10 @@ spdk_bdev_nvme_io_passthru_md(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channe
 		return -EBADF;
 	}
 
+	if (spdk_unlikely(!bdev_io_type_supported(bdev, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_NVME_IO_MD))) {
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+	}
+
 	bdev_io = bdev_channel_get_io(channel);
 	if (!bdev_io) {
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/bdev/bdev.c/bdev_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/bdev/bdev.c/bdev_ut.c
index bd6602f9b0..7a5f7b886e 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/bdev/bdev.c/bdev_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/bdev/bdev.c/bdev_ut.c
@@ -967,6 +967,20 @@ bdev_io_types_test(void)
 	ut_enable_io_type(SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_WRITE_ZEROES, true);
 	ut_enable_io_type(SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_WRITE, true);
 
+	/* NVME_IO, NVME_IO_MD and NVME_ADMIN are not supported */
+	ut_enable_io_type(SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_NVME_IO, false);
+	ut_enable_io_type(SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_NVME_IO_MD, false);
+	ut_enable_io_type(SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_NVME_ADMIN, false);
+	rc = spdk_bdev_nvme_io_passthru(desc, io_ch, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(rc == -ENOTSUP);
+	rc = spdk_bdev_nvme_io_passthru_md(desc, io_ch, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(rc == -ENOTSUP);
+	rc = spdk_bdev_nvme_admin_passthru(desc, io_ch, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(rc == -ENOTSUP);
+	ut_enable_io_type(SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_NVME_IO, true);
+	ut_enable_io_type(SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_NVME_IO_MD, true);
+	ut_enable_io_type(SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_NVME_ADMIN, true);
+
 	spdk_put_io_channel(io_ch);
 	spdk_bdev_close(desc);
 	free_bdev(bdev);