diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 0befaad788a0..02579f4f776c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -355,6 +355,21 @@ void nvme_complete_rq(struct request *req)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_complete_rq);
 
+/*
+ * Called to unwind from ->queue_rq on a failed command submission so that the
+ * multipathing code gets called to potentially failover to another path.
+ * The caller needs to unwind all transport specific resource allocations and
+ * must return propagate the return value.
+ */
+blk_status_t nvme_host_path_error(struct request *req)
+{
+	nvme_req(req)->status = NVME_SC_HOST_PATH_ERROR;
+	blk_mq_set_request_complete(req);
+	nvme_complete_rq(req);
+	return BLK_STS_OK;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_host_path_error);
+
 bool nvme_cancel_request(struct request *req, void *data, bool reserved)
 {
 	dev_dbg_ratelimited(((struct nvme_ctrl *) data)->device,
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index a72f07181091..5819f0381041 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ static inline bool nvme_is_aen_req(u16 qid, __u16 command_id)
 }
 
 void nvme_complete_rq(struct request *req);
+blk_status_t nvme_host_path_error(struct request *req);
 bool nvme_cancel_request(struct request *req, void *data, bool reserved);
 void nvme_cancel_tagset(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_cancel_admin_tagset(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);