diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 82d87d2e280c..8f1f10fa0dd6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -2605,7 +2605,6 @@ static void nvme_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	if (!pci_device_is_present(pdev)) {
 		nvme_change_ctrl_state(&dev->ctrl, NVME_CTRL_DEAD);
 		nvme_dev_disable(dev, true);
-		nvme_dev_remove_admin(dev);
 	}
 
 	flush_work(&dev->ctrl.reset_work);