diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 951042a375d6b..b3dcd7abc6d70 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ static int nvme_setup_io_queues(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev->dev);
 	int result, nr_io_queues, size;
 
-	nr_io_queues = num_online_cpus();
+	nr_io_queues = num_present_cpus();
 	result = nvme_set_queue_count(&dev->ctrl, &nr_io_queues);
 	if (result < 0)
 		return result;