diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 500b790442c9..a51946a35dcf 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -1109,6 +1109,15 @@ int nvme_disable_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u64 cap)
 	ret = ctrl->ops->reg_write32(ctrl, NVME_REG_CC, ctrl->ctrl_config);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
+
+	/* Checking for ctrl->tagset is a trick to avoid sleeping on module
+	 * load, since we only need the quirk on reset_controller. Notice
+	 * that the HGST device needs this delay only in firmware activation
+	 * procedure; unfortunately we have no (easy) way to verify this.
+	 */
+	if ((ctrl->quirks & NVME_QUIRK_DELAY_BEFORE_CHK_RDY) && ctrl->tagset)
+		msleep(NVME_QUIRK_DELAY_AMOUNT);
+
 	return nvme_wait_ready(ctrl, cap, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_disable_ctrl);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index abe83b43a71a..1bd42d5f9e0e 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -68,8 +68,21 @@ enum nvme_quirks {
 	 * logical blocks.
 	 */
 	NVME_QUIRK_DISCARD_ZEROES		= (1 << 2),
+
+	/*
+	 * The controller needs a delay before starts checking the device
+	 * readiness, which is done by reading the NVME_CSTS_RDY bit.
+	 */
+	NVME_QUIRK_DELAY_BEFORE_CHK_RDY		= (1 << 3),
 };
 
+/* The below value is the specific amount of delay needed before checking
+ * readiness in case of the PCI_DEVICE(0x1c58, 0x0003), which needs the
+ * NVME_QUIRK_DELAY_BEFORE_CHK_RDY quirk enabled. The value (in ms) was
+ * found empirically.
+ */
+#define NVME_QUIRK_DELAY_AMOUNT		2000
+
 enum nvme_ctrl_state {
 	NVME_CTRL_NEW,
 	NVME_CTRL_LIVE,
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 79a4f56c06cd..846a42977068 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -2094,6 +2094,8 @@ static const struct pci_device_id nvme_id_table[] = {
 				NVME_QUIRK_DISCARD_ZEROES, },
 	{ PCI_VDEVICE(INTEL, 0x5845),	/* Qemu emulated controller */
 		.driver_data = NVME_QUIRK_IDENTIFY_CNS, },
+	{ PCI_DEVICE(0x1c58, 0x0003),	/* HGST adapter */
+		.driver_data = NVME_QUIRK_DELAY_BEFORE_CHK_RDY, },
 	{ PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(PCI_CLASS_STORAGE_EXPRESS, 0xffffff) },
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLE, 0x2001) },
 	{ 0, }