diff --git a/logging.c b/logging.c
index f09e4ed003..e037a851aa 100644
--- a/logging.c
+++ b/logging.c
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ int nvme_submit_passthru(int fd, unsigned long ioctl_cmd,
 	if (!nvme_cfg.dry_run) {
 retry:
 		err = ioctl(fd, ioctl_cmd, cmd);
-		if (err && (errno == EAGAIN ||
-			    (errno == EINTR && !nvme_sigint_received))) {
+		if ((err && (errno == EAGAIN ||
+			     (errno == EINTR && !nvme_sigint_received))) &&
+		    !nvme_cfg.no_retries) {
 			nvme_log_retry(errno);
 			goto retry;
 		}
@@ -153,8 +154,9 @@ int nvme_submit_passthru64(int fd, unsigned long ioctl_cmd,
 	if (!nvme_cfg.dry_run) {
 retry:
 		err = ioctl(fd, ioctl_cmd, cmd);
-		if (err && (errno == EAGAIN ||
-			    (errno == EINTR && !nvme_sigint_received))) {
+		if ((err && (errno == EAGAIN ||
+			     (errno == EINTR && !nvme_sigint_received))) &&
+		    !nvme_cfg.no_retries) {
 			nvme_log_retry(errno);
 			goto retry;
 		}
diff --git a/nvme.h b/nvme.h
index 3005803368..1a15fc1854 100644
--- a/nvme.h
+++ b/nvme.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct nvme_config {
 	int verbose;
 	__u32 timeout;
 	bool dry_run;
+	bool no_retries;
 	unsigned int output_format_ver;
 };
 
@@ -93,6 +94,8 @@ struct nvme_config {
 		##__VA_ARGS__,                                                         \
 		OPT_UINT("timeout",      't', &nvme_cfg.timeout,       timeout),       \
 		OPT_FLAG("dry-run",        0, &nvme_cfg.dry_run,       dry_run),       \
+		OPT_FLAG("no-retries",     0, &nvme_cfg.no_retries,                    \
+			 "disable retry logic on errors\n"),                           \
 		OPT_UINT("output-format-version", 0, &nvme_cfg.output_format_ver,      \
 			 "output format version: 1|2"),                                \
 		OPT_END()                                                              \