diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index e5ce07f4966f64aebe9eec42f7bb0522d803d4a9..b6f43b738f03ae3b6008cd188d467623c1e70ecf 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ static int nvme_setup_io_queues(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 	int result, nr_io_queues;
 	unsigned long size;
 
-	nr_io_queues = num_present_cpus();
+	nr_io_queues = num_possible_cpus();
 	result = nvme_set_queue_count(&dev->ctrl, &nr_io_queues);
 	if (result < 0)
 		return result;