diff --git a/sys/cam/cam.h b/sys/cam/cam.h
--- a/sys/cam/cam.h
+++ b/sys/cam/cam.h
@@ -240,7 +240,12 @@
 	CAM_REQ_SOFTTIMEOUT	= 0x1f,
 
 	/*
-	 * 0x20 - 0x32 are unassigned
+	 * NVME error, look at errro code in CCB
+	 */
+	CAM_NVME_STATUS_ERROR	= 0x20,
+
+	/*
+	 * 0x21 - 0x32 are unassigned
 	 */
 
 	/* Initiator Detected Error */
diff --git a/sys/cam/cam_periph.c b/sys/cam/cam_periph.c
--- a/sys/cam/cam_periph.c
+++ b/sys/cam/cam_periph.c
@@ -1996,6 +1996,7 @@
 		relsim_flags = RELSIM_RELEASE_AFTER_TIMEOUT;
 		/* FALLTHROUGH */
 	case CAM_ATA_STATUS_ERROR:
+	case CAM_NVME_STATUS_ERROR:
 	case CAM_SMP_STATUS_ERROR:
 	case CAM_REQ_CMP_ERR:
 	case CAM_CMD_TIMEOUT:
diff --git a/sys/cam/nvme/nvme_da.c b/sys/cam/nvme/nvme_da.c
--- a/sys/cam/nvme/nvme_da.c
+++ b/sys/cam/nvme/nvme_da.c
@@ -1285,6 +1285,7 @@
 #endif
 		break;
 	case CAM_REQ_CMP_ERR:
+	case CAM_NVME_STATUS_ERROR:
 #ifdef CAM_IO_STATS
 		softc->errors++;
 #endif
diff --git a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_sim.c b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_sim.c
--- a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_sim.c
+++ b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_sim.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 	memcpy(&ccb->nvmeio.cpl, cpl, sizeof(*cpl));
 	ccb->ccb_h.status &= ~CAM_SIM_QUEUED;
 	if (nvme_completion_is_error(cpl)) {
-		ccb->ccb_h.status = CAM_REQ_CMP_ERR;
+		ccb->ccb_h.status = CAM_NVME_STATUS_ERROR;
 		xpt_done(ccb);
 	} else {
 		ccb->ccb_h.status = CAM_REQ_CMP;