diff --git a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
index 1c8a82fbbc37..7b615a063e92 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #define NVME_Q_DEPTH 1024
 #define SQ_SIZE(depth)		(depth * sizeof(struct nvme_command))
 #define CQ_SIZE(depth)		(depth * sizeof(struct nvme_completion))
-#define NVME_MINORS 64
 #define ADMIN_TIMEOUT	(60 * HZ)
 
 static int nvme_major;
@@ -1780,33 +1779,6 @@ static int nvme_kthread(void *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static DEFINE_IDA(nvme_index_ida);
-
-static int nvme_get_ns_idx(void)
-{
-	int index, error;
-
-	do {
-		if (!ida_pre_get(&nvme_index_ida, GFP_KERNEL))
-			return -1;
-
-		spin_lock(&dev_list_lock);
-		error = ida_get_new(&nvme_index_ida, &index);
-		spin_unlock(&dev_list_lock);
-	} while (error == -EAGAIN);
-
-	if (error)
-		index = -1;
-	return index;
-}
-
-static void nvme_put_ns_idx(int index)
-{
-	spin_lock(&dev_list_lock);
-	ida_remove(&nvme_index_ida, index);
-	spin_unlock(&dev_list_lock);
-}
-
 static void nvme_config_discard(struct nvme_ns *ns)
 {
 	u32 logical_block_size = queue_logical_block_size(ns->queue);
@@ -1840,7 +1812,7 @@ static struct nvme_ns *nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_dev *dev, unsigned nsid,
 	ns->dev = dev;
 	ns->queue->queuedata = ns;
 
-	disk = alloc_disk(NVME_MINORS);
+	disk = alloc_disk(0);
 	if (!disk)
 		goto out_free_queue;
 	ns->ns_id = nsid;
@@ -1853,12 +1825,12 @@ static struct nvme_ns *nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_dev *dev, unsigned nsid,
 		blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(ns->queue, dev->max_hw_sectors);
 
 	disk->major = nvme_major;
-	disk->minors = NVME_MINORS;
-	disk->first_minor = NVME_MINORS * nvme_get_ns_idx();
+	disk->first_minor = 0;
 	disk->fops = &nvme_fops;
 	disk->private_data = ns;
 	disk->queue = ns->queue;
 	disk->driverfs_dev = &dev->pci_dev->dev;
+	disk->flags = GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
 	sprintf(disk->disk_name, "nvme%dn%d", dev->instance, nsid);
 	set_capacity(disk, le64_to_cpup(&id->nsze) << (ns->lba_shift - 9));
 
@@ -1876,9 +1848,7 @@ static struct nvme_ns *nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_dev *dev, unsigned nsid,
 
 static void nvme_ns_free(struct nvme_ns *ns)
 {
-	int index = ns->disk->first_minor / NVME_MINORS;
 	put_disk(ns->disk);
-	nvme_put_ns_idx(index);
 	blk_cleanup_queue(ns->queue);
 	kfree(ns);
 }