diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
index 20779587eefe94569b05f536b26f2824688cf117..ae8fb4489a10d3effd2535f2ce3d4ec16ac83427 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ static struct nvmet_type_name_map nvmet_transport[] = {
 };
 
 static const struct nvmet_type_name_map nvmet_addr_family[] = {
-	{ NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_PCI,	"pcie" },
-	{ NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_IP4,	"ipv4" },
-	{ NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_IP6,	"ipv6" },
-	{ NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_IB,	"ib" },
-	{ NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_FC,	"fc" },
+	{ NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_PCI,		"pcie" },
+	{ NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_IP4,		"ipv4" },
+	{ NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_IP6,		"ipv6" },
+	{ NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_IB,		"ib" },
+	{ NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_FC,		"fc" },
+	{ NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_LOOP,	"loop" },
 };
 
 static bool nvmet_is_port_enabled(struct nvmet_port *p, const char *caller)
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ static ssize_t nvmet_addr_adrfam_store(struct config_item *item,
 	return -EINVAL;
 
 found:
-	port->disc_addr.adrfam = i;
+	port->disc_addr.adrfam = nvmet_addr_family[i].type;
 	return count;
 }
 
@@ -1338,6 +1339,7 @@ static struct config_group *nvmet_ports_make(struct config_group *group,
 	port->inline_data_size = -1;	/* < 0 == let the transport choose */
 
 	port->disc_addr.portid = cpu_to_le16(portid);
+	port->disc_addr.adrfam = NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_MAX;
 	port->disc_addr.treq = NVMF_TREQ_DISABLE_SQFLOW;
 	config_group_init_type_name(&port->group, name, &nvmet_port_type);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nvme.h b/include/linux/nvme.h
index 3d5189f46cb162faa991605383c5fec636781ab8..2d978d0cbde68f7c5948b62c50b861af3042db48 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvme.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvme.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ enum {
 	NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_IP6	= 2,	/* IP6 */
 	NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_IB	= 3,	/* InfiniBand */
 	NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_FC	= 4,	/* Fibre Channel */
+	NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_LOOP	= 254,	/* Reserved for host usage */
+	NVMF_ADDR_FAMILY_MAX,
 };
 
 /* Transport Type codes for Discovery Log Page entry TRTYPE field */