diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 35386aa24f58916cccb907b521bb6866f290b41d..390f2a2db323899657e7a5c4a3a55b26096c840f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -4407,7 +4407,7 @@ static void nvme_remove_invalid_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 
 	down_write(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(ns, next, &ctrl->namespaces, list) {
-		if (ns->head->ns_id > nsid || test_bit(NVME_NS_DEAD, &ns->flags))
+		if (ns->head->ns_id > nsid)
 			list_move_tail(&ns->list, &rm_list);
 	}
 	up_write(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);