diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
index 0a5a4c4684bca1e92852c2f7552ec7c5ed8383c9..dc996761042ffb61e3fc38d4d92b2d43fcfea530 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ static void nvmf_host_destroy(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct nvmf_host *host = container_of(ref, struct nvmf_host, ref);
 
+	mutex_lock(&nvmf_hosts_mutex);
+	list_del(&host->list);
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmf_hosts_mutex);
+
 	kfree(host);
 }