diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 9479c0db08f6..124f41157173 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -1652,6 +1652,9 @@ static void nvme_map_cmb(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev->dev);
 	int bar;
 
+	if (dev->cmb_size)
+		return;
+
 	dev->cmbsz = readl(dev->bar + NVME_REG_CMBSZ);
 	if (!dev->cmbsz)
 		return;
@@ -2136,7 +2139,6 @@ static void nvme_pci_disable(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev->dev);
 
-	nvme_release_cmb(dev);
 	pci_free_irq_vectors(pdev);
 
 	if (pci_is_enabled(pdev)) {
@@ -2595,6 +2597,7 @@ static void nvme_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	nvme_stop_ctrl(&dev->ctrl);
 	nvme_remove_namespaces(&dev->ctrl);
 	nvme_dev_disable(dev, true);
+	nvme_release_cmb(dev);
 	nvme_free_host_mem(dev);
 	nvme_dev_remove_admin(dev);
 	nvme_free_queues(dev, 0);