diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
index 8bca36a46924..4a83137b0268 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ static const match_table_t opt_tokens = {
 	{ NVMF_OPT_HOSTNQN,		"hostnqn=%s"		},
 	{ NVMF_OPT_HOST_TRADDR,		"host_traddr=%s"	},
 	{ NVMF_OPT_HOST_ID,		"hostid=%s"		},
+	{ NVMF_OPT_DUP_CONNECT,		"duplicate_connect"	},
 	{ NVMF_OPT_ERR,			NULL			}
 };
 
@@ -566,6 +567,7 @@ static int nvmf_parse_options(struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts,
 	opts->nr_io_queues = num_online_cpus();
 	opts->reconnect_delay = NVMF_DEF_RECONNECT_DELAY;
 	opts->kato = NVME_DEFAULT_KATO;
+	opts->duplicate_connect = false;
 
 	options = o = kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!options)
@@ -742,6 +744,9 @@ static int nvmf_parse_options(struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts,
 				goto out;
 			}
 			break;
+		case NVMF_OPT_DUP_CONNECT:
+			opts->duplicate_connect = true;
+			break;
 		default:
 			pr_warn("unknown parameter or missing value '%s' in ctrl creation request\n",
 				p);
@@ -823,7 +828,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmf_free_options);
 #define NVMF_REQUIRED_OPTS	(NVMF_OPT_TRANSPORT | NVMF_OPT_NQN)
 #define NVMF_ALLOWED_OPTS	(NVMF_OPT_QUEUE_SIZE | NVMF_OPT_NR_IO_QUEUES | \
 				 NVMF_OPT_KATO | NVMF_OPT_HOSTNQN | \
-				 NVMF_OPT_HOST_ID)
+				 NVMF_OPT_HOST_ID | NVMF_OPT_DUP_CONNECT)
 
 static struct nvme_ctrl *
 nvmf_create_ctrl(struct device *dev, const char *buf, size_t count)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
index bf33663218cd..a7590cc59ba2 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ enum {
 	NVMF_OPT_HOST_TRADDR	= 1 << 10,
 	NVMF_OPT_CTRL_LOSS_TMO	= 1 << 11,
 	NVMF_OPT_HOST_ID	= 1 << 12,
+	NVMF_OPT_DUP_CONNECT	= 1 << 13,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ struct nvmf_ctrl_options {
 	unsigned int		nr_io_queues;
 	unsigned int		reconnect_delay;
 	bool			discovery_nqn;
+	bool			duplicate_connect;
 	unsigned int		kato;
 	struct nvmf_host	*host;
 	int			max_reconnects;