diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index baf69af7ea78e..f5ba2d7102eae 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -2916,9 +2916,6 @@ static struct nvme_dev *nvme_pci_alloc_dev(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	struct nvme_dev *dev;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE)
-		set_dev_node(&pdev->dev, first_memory_node);
-
 	dev = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	if (!dev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);