diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 495f0896ce0fa73106436de6a60d181e7b1b9030..a00acadc3dfed97d2e6b5efd766169c0b7246786 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -2282,16 +2282,7 @@ static void nvme_reset_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (dev->ctrl.ctrl_config & NVME_CC_ENABLE)
 		nvme_dev_disable(dev, false);
 
-	/*
-	 * Introduce CONNECTING state from nvme-fc/rdma transports to mark the
-	 * initializing procedure here.
-	 */
-	if (!nvme_change_ctrl_state(&dev->ctrl, NVME_CTRL_CONNECTING)) {
-		dev_warn(dev->ctrl.device,
-			"failed to mark controller CONNECTING\n");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
+	mutex_lock(&dev->shutdown_lock);
 	result = nvme_pci_enable(dev);
 	if (result)
 		goto out;
@@ -2310,6 +2301,17 @@ static void nvme_reset_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	 */
 	dev->ctrl.max_hw_sectors = NVME_MAX_KB_SZ << 1;
 	dev->ctrl.max_segments = NVME_MAX_SEGS;
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->shutdown_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Introduce CONNECTING state from nvme-fc/rdma transports to mark the
+	 * initializing procedure here.
+	 */
+	if (!nvme_change_ctrl_state(&dev->ctrl, NVME_CTRL_CONNECTING)) {
+		dev_warn(dev->ctrl.device,
+			"failed to mark controller CONNECTING\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	result = nvme_init_identify(&dev->ctrl);
 	if (result)