diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
index d9ab9e7871d0..256e87721a01 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
@@ -2461,6 +2461,18 @@ nvme_fc_terminate_exchange(struct request *req, void *data, bool reserved)
 static void
 __nvme_fc_abort_outstanding_ios(struct nvme_fc_ctrl *ctrl, bool start_queues)
 {
+	int q;
+
+	/*
+	 * if aborting io, the queues are no longer good, mark them
+	 * all as not live.
+	 */
+	if (ctrl->ctrl.queue_count > 1) {
+		for (q = 1; q < ctrl->ctrl.queue_count; q++)
+			clear_bit(NVME_FC_Q_LIVE, &ctrl->queues[q].flags);
+	}
+	clear_bit(NVME_FC_Q_LIVE, &ctrl->queues[0].flags);
+
 	/*
 	 * If io queues are present, stop them and terminate all outstanding
 	 * ios on them. As FC allocates FC exchange for each io, the