diff --git a/hw/block/nvme.c b/hw/block/nvme.c
index 01f3e853cf5a30f8cf5f61fec7e50c348c92f508..9fbe5673cb966ba7bd0afff15b1cc5c1611d42f1 100644
--- a/hw/block/nvme.c
+++ b/hw/block/nvme.c
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ static uint16_t nvme_del_cq(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeCmd *cmd)
         trace_nvme_err_invalid_del_cq_notempty(qid);
         return NVME_INVALID_QUEUE_DEL;
     }
+    nvme_irq_deassert(n, cq);
     trace_nvme_del_cq(qid);
     nvme_free_cq(cq, n);
     return NVME_SUCCESS;