diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 640590b21728..e59aad269abf 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -1411,9 +1411,20 @@ static enum blk_eh_timer_return nvme_timeout(struct request *req)
 	struct nvme_dev *dev = nvmeq->dev;
 	struct request *abort_req;
 	struct nvme_command cmd = { };
+	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev->dev);
 	u32 csts = readl(dev->bar + NVME_REG_CSTS);
 	u8 opcode;
 
+	/*
+	 * Shutdown the device immediately if we see it is disconnected. This
+	 * unblocks PCIe error handling if the nvme driver is waiting in
+	 * error_resume for a device that has been removed. We can't unbind the
+	 * driver while the driver's error callback is waiting to complete, so
+	 * we're relying on a timeout to break that deadlock if a removal
+	 * occurs while reset work is running.
+	 */
+	if (pci_dev_is_disconnected(pdev))
+		nvme_change_ctrl_state(&dev->ctrl, NVME_CTRL_DELETING);
 	if (nvme_state_terminal(&dev->ctrl))
 		goto disable;
 
@@ -1421,7 +1432,7 @@ static enum blk_eh_timer_return nvme_timeout(struct request *req)
 	 * the recovery mechanism will surely fail.
 	 */
 	mb();
-	if (pci_channel_offline(to_pci_dev(dev->dev)))
+	if (pci_channel_offline(pdev))
 		return BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER;
 
 	/*