diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index d808febcb39dda61cb42b728c175cd54d789a24a..b45ae13aa5fe6fb15d3a4042930493beb37122d4 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -987,6 +987,9 @@ static int nvme_identify_ns_descs(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid,
 	int pos;
 	int len;
 
+	if (ctrl->quirks & NVME_QUIRK_NO_NS_DESC_LIST)
+		return 0;
+
 	c.identify.opcode = nvme_admin_identify;
 	c.identify.nsid = cpu_to_le32(nsid);
 	c.identify.cns = NVME_ID_CNS_NS_DESC_LIST;
@@ -1000,18 +1003,6 @@ static int nvme_identify_ns_descs(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid,
 	if (status) {
 		dev_warn(ctrl->device,
 			"Identify Descriptors failed (%d)\n", status);
-		 /*
-		  * Don't treat non-retryable errors as fatal, as we potentially
-		  * already have a NGUID or EUI-64.  If we failed with DNR set,
-		  * we want to silently ignore the error as we can still
-		  * identify the device, but if the status has DNR set, we want
-		  * to propagate the error back specifically for the disk
-		  * revalidation flow to make sure we don't abandon the
-		  * device just because of a temporal retry-able error (such
-		  * as path of transport errors).
-		  */
-		if (status > 0 && (status & NVME_SC_DNR))
-			status = 0;
 		goto free_data;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 0334fe22395d06a05398a05602359f28063333f3..85f814a91ce9cae259c151877d01cc8642a93bd0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ enum nvme_quirks {
 	 * Set MEDIUM priority on SQ creation
 	 */
 	NVME_QUIRK_MEDIUM_PRIO_SQ		= (1 << 7),
+
+	/*
+	 * The controller doesn't handle the Identify Namespace
+	 * Identification Descriptor list subcommand despite claiming
+	 * NVMe 1.3 compliance.
+	 */
+	NVME_QUIRK_NO_NS_DESC_LIST		= (1 << 15),
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 7f193bbf87846d27bc4614e0ae0c981fd64a3743..8d3508b2f93816c5ef9fc843e16a38d6e7cdc2db 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -2724,6 +2724,8 @@ static const struct pci_device_id nvme_id_table[] = {
 				NVME_QUIRK_MEDIUM_PRIO_SQ },
 	{ PCI_VDEVICE(INTEL, 0x5845),	/* Qemu emulated controller */
 		.driver_data = NVME_QUIRK_IDENTIFY_CNS, },
+	{ PCI_DEVICE(0x126f, 0x2263),	/* Silicon Motion unidentified */
+		.driver_data = NVME_QUIRK_NO_NS_DESC_LIST, },
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(0x1bb1, 0x0100),   /* Seagate Nytro Flash Storage */
 		.driver_data = NVME_QUIRK_DELAY_BEFORE_CHK_RDY, },
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(0x1c58, 0x0003),	/* HGST adapter */