diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index 5c3848974ccb0ddf15abf88083938d59c628ab65..44c76ffbb264cdde539ee514e070151467ec432c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -967,15 +967,20 @@ static int nvme_rdma_configure_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl, bool new)
 			ret = PTR_ERR(ctrl->ctrl.connect_q);
 			goto out_free_tag_set;
 		}
-	} else {
-		blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(&ctrl->tag_set,
-			ctrl->ctrl.queue_count - 1);
 	}
 
 	ret = nvme_rdma_start_io_queues(ctrl);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_cleanup_connect_q;
 
+	if (!new) {
+		nvme_start_queues(&ctrl->ctrl);
+		nvme_wait_freeze(&ctrl->ctrl);
+		blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(ctrl->ctrl.tagset,
+			ctrl->ctrl.queue_count - 1);
+		nvme_unfreeze(&ctrl->ctrl);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_cleanup_connect_q:
@@ -1008,6 +1013,7 @@ static void nvme_rdma_teardown_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
 		bool remove)
 {
 	if (ctrl->ctrl.queue_count > 1) {
+		nvme_start_freeze(&ctrl->ctrl);
 		nvme_stop_queues(&ctrl->ctrl);
 		nvme_rdma_stop_io_queues(ctrl);
 		if (ctrl->ctrl.tagset) {