diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index fad51db54fdb78c2f8763b956adf3ced86a9b7a2..0b762cd187980eda8e1b6f59006e1a497476b891 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3247,6 +3247,7 @@ static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 	mutex_lock(&ctrl->subsys->lock);
 	list_del_rcu(&ns->siblings);
 	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->subsys->lock);
+	nvme_put_ns_head(ns->head);
  out_free_id:
 	kfree(id);
  out_free_queue: