diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 319f5c5b241a..57a1af52b06e 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ static void nvme_pci_free_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	if (dev->ctrl.admin_q)
 		blk_put_queue(dev->ctrl.admin_q);
 	kfree(dev->queues);
-	kfree(dev->ctrl.opal_dev);
+	free_opal_dev(dev->ctrl.opal_dev);
 	kfree(dev);
 }
 
@@ -1786,14 +1786,17 @@ static void nvme_reset_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (result)
 		goto out;
 
-	if ((dev->ctrl.oacs & NVME_CTRL_OACS_SEC_SUPP) && !dev->ctrl.opal_dev) {
-		dev->ctrl.opal_dev =
-			init_opal_dev(&dev->ctrl, &nvme_sec_submit);
+	if (dev->ctrl.oacs & NVME_CTRL_OACS_SEC_SUPP) {
+		if (!dev->ctrl.opal_dev)
+			dev->ctrl.opal_dev =
+				init_opal_dev(&dev->ctrl, &nvme_sec_submit);
+		else if (was_suspend)
+			opal_unlock_from_suspend(dev->ctrl.opal_dev);
+	} else {
+		free_opal_dev(dev->ctrl.opal_dev);
+		dev->ctrl.opal_dev = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (was_suspend)
-		opal_unlock_from_suspend(dev->ctrl.opal_dev);
-
 	result = nvme_setup_io_queues(dev);
 	if (result)
 		goto out;