diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index c5bf001af559..3cd921e6121e 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -1121,7 +1121,6 @@ static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 	ns->queue = blk_mq_init_queue(ctrl->tagset);
 	if (IS_ERR(ns->queue))
 		goto out_free_ns;
-	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, ns->queue);
 	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, ns->queue);
 	ns->queue->queuedata = ns;
 	ns->ctrl = ctrl;