diff --git a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
index 7ed618125c27..c12c95cf2e55 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
@@ -302,8 +302,6 @@ static void *cancel_cmd_info(struct nvme_cmd_info *cmd, nvme_completion_fn *fn)
 static void async_req_completion(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, void *ctx,
 						struct nvme_completion *cqe)
 {
-	struct request *req = ctx;
-
 	u32 result = le32_to_cpup(&cqe->result);
 	u16 status = le16_to_cpup(&cqe->status) >> 1;
 
@@ -312,8 +310,6 @@ static void async_req_completion(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, void *ctx,
 	if (status == NVME_SC_SUCCESS)
 		dev_warn(nvmeq->q_dmadev,
 			"async event result %08x\n", result);
-
-	blk_mq_free_hctx_request(nvmeq->hctx, req);
 }
 
 static void abort_completion(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, void *ctx,
@@ -1027,18 +1023,19 @@ static int nvme_submit_async_admin_req(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 	struct nvme_cmd_info *cmd_info;
 	struct request *req;
 
-	req = blk_mq_alloc_request(dev->admin_q, WRITE, GFP_ATOMIC, false);
+	req = blk_mq_alloc_request(dev->admin_q, WRITE, GFP_ATOMIC, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
 	req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NO_TIMEOUT;
 	cmd_info = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req);
-	nvme_set_info(cmd_info, req, async_req_completion);
+	nvme_set_info(cmd_info, NULL, async_req_completion);
 
 	memset(&c, 0, sizeof(c));
 	c.common.opcode = nvme_admin_async_event;
 	c.common.command_id = req->tag;
 
+	blk_mq_free_hctx_request(nvmeq->hctx, req);
 	return __nvme_submit_cmd(nvmeq, &c);
 }
 
@@ -1583,6 +1580,7 @@ static int nvme_alloc_admin_tags(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 		dev->admin_tagset.ops = &nvme_mq_admin_ops;
 		dev->admin_tagset.nr_hw_queues = 1;
 		dev->admin_tagset.queue_depth = NVME_AQ_DEPTH - 1;
+		dev->admin_tagset.reserved_tags = 1;
 		dev->admin_tagset.timeout = ADMIN_TIMEOUT;
 		dev->admin_tagset.numa_node = dev_to_node(&dev->pci_dev->dev);
 		dev->admin_tagset.cmd_size = nvme_cmd_size(dev);
@@ -2334,7 +2332,6 @@ static int nvme_dev_add(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 	dev->oncs = le16_to_cpup(&ctrl->oncs);
 	dev->abort_limit = ctrl->acl + 1;
 	dev->vwc = ctrl->vwc;
-	dev->event_limit = min(ctrl->aerl + 1, 8);
 	memcpy(dev->serial, ctrl->sn, sizeof(ctrl->sn));
 	memcpy(dev->model, ctrl->mn, sizeof(ctrl->mn));
 	memcpy(dev->firmware_rev, ctrl->fr, sizeof(ctrl->fr));
@@ -2881,6 +2878,7 @@ static int nvme_dev_start(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 
 	nvme_set_irq_hints(dev);
 
+	dev->event_limit = 1;
 	return result;
 
  free_tags: