diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 46698cabef81ac936f291177c1d955687831afc7..320051f5a3ddcabce7083622588138d37486cede 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -3012,7 +3012,6 @@ static void nvme_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	if (!pci_device_is_present(pdev)) {
 		nvme_change_ctrl_state(&dev->ctrl, NVME_CTRL_DEAD);
 		nvme_dev_disable(dev, true);
-		nvme_dev_remove_admin(dev);
 	}
 
 	flush_work(&dev->ctrl.reset_work);