diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 951042a375d6b22dbd34988e38fef7114593c366..40c7581caeb00d30a60c7b9152ac67dd99a888d6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -1805,7 +1805,8 @@ static void nvme_dev_disable(struct nvme_dev *dev, bool shutdown)
 	if (pci_is_enabled(pdev)) {
 		u32 csts = readl(dev->bar + NVME_REG_CSTS);
 
-		if (dev->ctrl.state == NVME_CTRL_LIVE)
+		if (dev->ctrl.state == NVME_CTRL_LIVE ||
+		    dev->ctrl.state == NVME_CTRL_RESETTING)
 			nvme_start_freeze(&dev->ctrl);
 		dead = !!((csts & NVME_CSTS_CFS) || !(csts & NVME_CSTS_RDY) ||
 			pdev->error_state  != pci_channel_io_normal);