diff --git a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
index e5112714188f..a45700312caf 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
@@ -193,6 +193,13 @@ static int nvme_admin_init_hctx(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, void *data,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void nvme_admin_exit_hctx(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, unsigned int hctx_idx)
+{
+	struct nvme_queue *nvmeq = hctx->driver_data;
+
+	nvmeq->tags = NULL;
+}
+
 static int nvme_admin_init_request(void *data, struct request *req,
 				unsigned int hctx_idx, unsigned int rq_idx,
 				unsigned int numa_node)
@@ -1606,6 +1613,7 @@ static struct blk_mq_ops nvme_mq_admin_ops = {
 	.queue_rq	= nvme_queue_rq,
 	.map_queue	= blk_mq_map_queue,
 	.init_hctx	= nvme_admin_init_hctx,
+	.exit_hctx      = nvme_admin_exit_hctx,
 	.init_request	= nvme_admin_init_request,
 	.timeout	= nvme_timeout,
 };
@@ -1648,6 +1656,7 @@ static int nvme_alloc_admin_tags(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 		}
 		if (!blk_get_queue(dev->admin_q)) {
 			nvme_dev_remove_admin(dev);
+			dev->admin_q = NULL;
 			return -ENODEV;
 		}
 	} else
@@ -2734,8 +2743,10 @@ static void nvme_free_dev(struct kref *kref)
 	put_device(dev->device);
 	nvme_free_namespaces(dev);
 	nvme_release_instance(dev);
-	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&dev->tagset);
-	blk_put_queue(dev->admin_q);
+	if (dev->tagset.tags)
+		blk_mq_free_tag_set(&dev->tagset);
+	if (dev->admin_q)
+		blk_put_queue(dev->admin_q);
 	kfree(dev->queues);
 	kfree(dev->entry);
 	kfree(dev);
@@ -2866,6 +2877,9 @@ static int nvme_dev_start(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 
  free_tags:
 	nvme_dev_remove_admin(dev);
+	blk_put_queue(dev->admin_q);
+	dev->admin_q = NULL;
+	dev->queues[0]->tags = NULL;
  disable:
 	nvme_disable_queue(dev, 0);
 	nvme_dev_list_remove(dev);