diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index c09048984a277..d5c8b0a08d494 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -1813,16 +1813,18 @@ static int nvme_init_ms(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_id_ns *id)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void nvme_configure_metadata(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_id_ns *id)
+static int nvme_configure_metadata(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_id_ns *id)
 {
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = ns->ctrl;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (nvme_init_ms(ns, id))
-		return;
+	ret = nvme_init_ms(ns, id);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	ns->features &= ~(NVME_NS_METADATA_SUPPORTED | NVME_NS_EXT_LBAS);
 	if (!ns->ms || !(ctrl->ops->flags & NVME_F_METADATA_SUPPORTED))
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	if (ctrl->ops->flags & NVME_F_FABRICS) {
 		/*
@@ -1831,7 +1833,7 @@ static void nvme_configure_metadata(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_id_ns *id)
 		 * remap the separate metadata buffer from the block layer.
 		 */
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(id->flbas & NVME_NS_FLBAS_META_EXT)))
-			return;
+			return 0;
 
 		ns->features |= NVME_NS_EXT_LBAS;
 
@@ -1858,6 +1860,7 @@ static void nvme_configure_metadata(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_id_ns *id)
 		else
 			ns->features |= NVME_NS_METADATA_SUPPORTED;
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void nvme_set_queue_limits(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
@@ -2038,7 +2041,11 @@ static int nvme_update_ns_info_block(struct nvme_ns *ns,
 	ns->lba_shift = id->lbaf[lbaf].ds;
 	nvme_set_queue_limits(ns->ctrl, ns->queue);
 
-	nvme_configure_metadata(ns, id);
+	ret = nvme_configure_metadata(ns, id);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(ns->disk->queue);
+		goto out;
+	}
 	nvme_set_chunk_sectors(ns, id);
 	nvme_update_disk_info(ns->disk, ns, id);