diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 82aa5cb21828..c1eecde6b853 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -840,10 +840,7 @@ static blk_status_t nvme_map_data(struct nvme_dev *dev, struct request *req,
 		struct nvme_command *cmnd)
 {
 	struct nvme_iod *iod = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req);
-	struct request_queue *q = req->q;
-	enum dma_data_direction dma_dir = rq_data_dir(req) ?
-			DMA_TO_DEVICE : DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
-	blk_status_t ret = BLK_STS_IOERR;
+	blk_status_t ret = BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
 	int nr_mapped;
 
 	if (blk_rq_nr_phys_segments(req) == 1) {
@@ -865,25 +862,21 @@ static blk_status_t nvme_map_data(struct nvme_dev *dev, struct request *req,
 	iod->sg = mempool_alloc(dev->iod_mempool, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!iod->sg)
 		return BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
-
-	iod->use_sgl = nvme_pci_use_sgls(dev, req);
-
 	sg_init_table(iod->sg, blk_rq_nr_phys_segments(req));
-	iod->nents = blk_rq_map_sg(q, req, iod->sg);
+	iod->nents = blk_rq_map_sg(req->q, req, iod->sg);
 	if (!iod->nents)
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
-
 	if (is_pci_p2pdma_page(sg_page(iod->sg)))
 		nr_mapped = pci_p2pdma_map_sg(dev->dev, iod->sg, iod->nents,
-					  dma_dir);
+					      rq_dma_dir(req));
 	else
 		nr_mapped = dma_map_sg_attrs(dev->dev, iod->sg, iod->nents,
-					     dma_dir,  DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN);
+					     rq_dma_dir(req), DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN);
 	if (!nr_mapped)
 		goto out;
 
+	iod->use_sgl = nvme_pci_use_sgls(dev, req);
 	if (iod->use_sgl)
 		ret = nvme_pci_setup_sgls(dev, req, &cmnd->rw, nr_mapped);
 	else