diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index b5fdd2b009c0..34d3ed8b249e 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -945,16 +945,15 @@ static void nvme_rdma_error_recovery_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl = container_of(work,
 			struct nvme_rdma_ctrl, err_work);
-	int i;
 
 	nvme_stop_ctrl(&ctrl->ctrl);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ctrl->ctrl.queue_count; i++)
-		clear_bit(NVME_RDMA_Q_LIVE, &ctrl->queues[i].flags);
-
-	if (ctrl->ctrl.queue_count > 1)
+	if (ctrl->ctrl.queue_count > 1) {
 		nvme_stop_queues(&ctrl->ctrl);
+		nvme_rdma_stop_io_queues(ctrl);
+	}
 	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(ctrl->ctrl.admin_q);
+	nvme_rdma_stop_queue(&ctrl->queues[0]);
 
 	/* We must take care of fastfail/requeue all our inflight requests */
 	if (ctrl->ctrl.queue_count > 1)