diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 6a85070d38e9317f63614d786452b84aab6de408..08b4dec4be8e57990baf195bbb01e04114aee3dd 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -2462,7 +2462,7 @@ static void nvme_pci_disable(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 
 static void nvme_dev_disable(struct nvme_dev *dev, bool shutdown)
 {
-	bool dead = true;
+	bool dead = true, freeze = false;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev->dev);
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->shutdown_lock);
@@ -2470,8 +2470,10 @@ static void nvme_dev_disable(struct nvme_dev *dev, bool shutdown)
 		u32 csts = readl(dev->bar + NVME_REG_CSTS);
 
 		if (dev->ctrl.state == NVME_CTRL_LIVE ||
-		    dev->ctrl.state == NVME_CTRL_RESETTING)
+		    dev->ctrl.state == NVME_CTRL_RESETTING) {
+			freeze = true;
 			nvme_start_freeze(&dev->ctrl);
+		}
 		dead = !!((csts & NVME_CSTS_CFS) || !(csts & NVME_CSTS_RDY) ||
 			pdev->error_state  != pci_channel_io_normal);
 	}
@@ -2480,10 +2482,8 @@ static void nvme_dev_disable(struct nvme_dev *dev, bool shutdown)
 	 * Give the controller a chance to complete all entered requests if
 	 * doing a safe shutdown.
 	 */
-	if (!dead) {
-		if (shutdown)
-			nvme_wait_freeze_timeout(&dev->ctrl, NVME_IO_TIMEOUT);
-	}
+	if (!dead && shutdown && freeze)
+		nvme_wait_freeze_timeout(&dev->ctrl, NVME_IO_TIMEOUT);
 
 	nvme_stop_queues(&dev->ctrl);