diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
index b2ab213f43de..3eb908c50e1a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
@@ -874,6 +874,8 @@ static int nvmf_parse_options(struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts,
 	if (opts->discovery_nqn) {
 		opts->kato = 0;
 		opts->nr_io_queues = 0;
+		opts->nr_write_queues = 0;
+		opts->nr_poll_queues = 0;
 		opts->duplicate_connect = true;
 	}
 	if (ctrl_loss_tmo < 0)