diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index a4d8c90ee7cc4b2d0f74e9a9a0de49a5e6916667..414076aaf52bf27baf51c2fc13668275583711cb 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3480,7 +3480,7 @@ static int nvme_setup_streams_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns *ns)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
+static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *ns;
 	struct gendisk *disk;
@@ -3490,13 +3490,11 @@ static int nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 
 	ns = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*ns), GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	if (!ns)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return;
 
 	ns->queue = blk_mq_init_queue(ctrl->tagset);
-	if (IS_ERR(ns->queue)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(ns->queue);
+	if (IS_ERR(ns->queue))
 		goto out_free_ns;
-	}
 
 	if (ctrl->opts && ctrl->opts->data_digest)
 		ns->queue->backing_dev_info->capabilities
@@ -3519,10 +3517,8 @@ static int nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_free_queue;
 
-	if (id->ncap == 0) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+	if (id->ncap == 0)	/* no namespace (legacy quirk) */
 		goto out_free_id;
-	}
 
 	ret = nvme_init_ns_head(ns, nsid, id);
 	if (ret)
@@ -3531,10 +3527,8 @@ static int nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 	nvme_set_disk_name(disk_name, ns, ctrl, &flags);
 
 	disk = alloc_disk_node(0, node);
-	if (!disk) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (!disk)
 		goto out_unlink_ns;
-	}
 
 	disk->fops = &nvme_fops;
 	disk->private_data = ns;
@@ -3565,7 +3559,7 @@ static int nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 	nvme_fault_inject_init(&ns->fault_inject, ns->disk->disk_name);
 	kfree(id);
 
-	return 0;
+	return;
  out_put_disk:
 	put_disk(ns->disk);
  out_unlink_ns:
@@ -3579,9 +3573,6 @@ static int nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 	blk_cleanup_queue(ns->queue);
  out_free_ns:
 	kfree(ns);
-	if (ret > 0)
-		ret = blk_status_to_errno(nvme_error_status(ret));
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static void nvme_ns_remove(struct nvme_ns *ns)