diff --git a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
index 95e28b6bcd09..1595ffba8a66 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
@@ -1827,10 +1827,6 @@ static int nvme_dev_add(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 	dma_addr_t dma_addr;
 	int shift = NVME_CAP_MPSMIN(readq(&dev->bar->cap)) + 12;
 
-	res = nvme_setup_io_queues(dev);
-	if (res)
-		return res;
-
 	mem = dma_alloc_coherent(&dev->pci_dev->dev, 8192, &dma_addr,
 								GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mem)
@@ -1936,27 +1932,29 @@ static void nvme_dev_unmap(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 		pci_disable_device(dev->pci_dev);
 }
 
-static int nvme_dev_remove(struct nvme_dev *dev)
+static void nvme_dev_shutdown(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 {
-	struct nvme_ns *ns, *next;
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = dev->queue_count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
 		nvme_disable_queue(dev, i);
 
 	spin_lock(&dev_list_lock);
-	list_del(&dev->node);
+	list_del_init(&dev->node);
 	spin_unlock(&dev_list_lock);
 
+	nvme_dev_unmap(dev);
+}
+
+static void nvme_dev_remove(struct nvme_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct nvme_ns *ns, *next;
+
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(ns, next, &dev->namespaces, list) {
 		list_del(&ns->list);
 		del_gendisk(ns->disk);
 		nvme_ns_free(ns);
 	}
-
-	nvme_free_queues(dev);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static int nvme_setup_prp_pools(struct nvme_dev *dev)
@@ -2016,7 +2014,8 @@ static void nvme_free_dev(struct kref *kref)
 {
 	struct nvme_dev *dev = container_of(kref, struct nvme_dev, kref);
 	nvme_dev_remove(dev);
-	nvme_dev_unmap(dev);
+	nvme_dev_shutdown(dev);
+	nvme_free_queues(dev);
 	nvme_release_instance(dev);
 	nvme_release_prp_pools(dev);
 	kfree(dev->queues);
@@ -2059,6 +2058,37 @@ static const struct file_operations nvme_dev_fops = {
 	.compat_ioctl	= nvme_dev_ioctl,
 };
 
+static int nvme_dev_start(struct nvme_dev *dev)
+{
+	int result;
+
+	result = nvme_dev_map(dev);
+	if (result)
+		return result;
+
+	result = nvme_configure_admin_queue(dev);
+	if (result)
+		goto unmap;
+
+	spin_lock(&dev_list_lock);
+	list_add(&dev->node, &dev_list);
+	spin_unlock(&dev_list_lock);
+
+	result = nvme_setup_io_queues(dev);
+	if (result)
+		goto disable;
+
+	return 0;
+
+ disable:
+	spin_lock(&dev_list_lock);
+	list_del_init(&dev->node);
+	spin_unlock(&dev_list_lock);
+ unmap:
+	nvme_dev_unmap(dev);
+	return result;
+}
+
 static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 {
 	int result = -ENOMEM;
@@ -2086,21 +2116,13 @@ static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	if (result)
 		goto release;
 
-	result = nvme_dev_map(dev);
+	result = nvme_dev_start(dev);
 	if (result)
 		goto release_pools;
 
-	result = nvme_configure_admin_queue(dev);
-	if (result)
-		goto unmap;
-
-	spin_lock(&dev_list_lock);
-	list_add(&dev->node, &dev_list);
-	spin_unlock(&dev_list_lock);
-
 	result = nvme_dev_add(dev);
 	if (result && result != -EBUSY)
-		goto delete;
+		goto shutdown;
 
 	scnprintf(dev->name, sizeof(dev->name), "nvme%d", dev->instance);
 	dev->miscdev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
@@ -2116,15 +2138,10 @@ static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 
  remove:
 	nvme_dev_remove(dev);
- delete:
-	spin_lock(&dev_list_lock);
-	list_del(&dev->node);
-	spin_unlock(&dev_list_lock);
-
-	nvme_free_queues(dev);
- unmap:
-	nvme_dev_unmap(dev);
+ shutdown:
+	nvme_dev_shutdown(dev);
  release_pools:
+	nvme_free_queues(dev);
 	nvme_release_prp_pools(dev);
  release:
 	nvme_release_instance(dev);