diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
index ef46c915b7b56acadbab23b7c8837e31913efa56..0cf0460a5c921f337f05559c507a1fef73178ba2 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ static inline bool
 nvmf_ctlr_matches_baseopts(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 			struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts)
 {
-	if (strcmp(opts->subsysnqn, ctrl->opts->subsysnqn) ||
+	if (ctrl->state == NVME_CTRL_DELETING ||
+	    ctrl->state == NVME_CTRL_DEAD ||
+	    strcmp(opts->subsysnqn, ctrl->opts->subsysnqn) ||
 	    strcmp(opts->host->nqn, ctrl->opts->host->nqn) ||
 	    memcmp(&opts->host->id, &ctrl->opts->host->id, sizeof(uuid_t)))
 		return false;