diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index f72143945ab5e05064b95d6f74986ab7235a3f6a..208c387f1558d7724c2dfed50ad94ce703d8b372 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -2789,7 +2789,6 @@ static void nvme_remove_dead_ctrl(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 	nvme_get_ctrl(&dev->ctrl);
 	nvme_dev_disable(dev, false);
 	nvme_mark_namespaces_dead(&dev->ctrl);
-	nvme_start_queues(&dev->ctrl);
 	if (!queue_work(nvme_wq, &dev->remove_work))
 		nvme_put_ctrl(&dev->ctrl);
 }