diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 0b762cd187980eda8e1b6f59006e1a497476b891..693de9df8f26b013084c571dd1a48c328897a32c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -294,6 +294,10 @@ void nvme_cancel_request(struct request *req, void *data, bool reserved)
 	dev_dbg_ratelimited(((struct nvme_ctrl *) data)->device,
 				"Cancelling I/O %d", req->tag);
 
+	/* don't abort one completed request */
+	if (blk_mq_request_completed(req))
+		return;
+
 	nvme_req(req)->status = NVME_SC_ABORT_REQ;
 	blk_mq_complete_request(req);