diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 4ee7d2f8b8d8a338748219292997ee62302ba8ee..1af8a4513708a798b36726dda30787465bb10c33 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ blk_status_t nvme_fail_nonready_command(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 		struct request *rq)
 {
 	if (ctrl->state != NVME_CTRL_DELETING_NOIO &&
+	    ctrl->state != NVME_CTRL_DELETING &&
 	    ctrl->state != NVME_CTRL_DEAD &&
 	    !test_bit(NVME_CTRL_FAILFAST_EXPIRED, &ctrl->flags) &&
 	    !blk_noretry_request(rq) && !(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_NVME_MPATH))
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index b334af8aa264285f508e1c06cb09ed59904e1499..9b095ee01364996da8841d49af66f74d62a27df6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static inline bool nvme_check_ready(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct request *rq,
 		return true;
 	if (ctrl->ops->flags & NVME_F_FABRICS &&
 	    ctrl->state == NVME_CTRL_DELETING)
-		return true;
+		return queue_live;
 	return __nvme_check_ready(ctrl, rq, queue_live);
 }
 int nvme_submit_sync_cmd(struct request_queue *q, struct nvme_command *cmd,