diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index ace4dd9e953c..d3f23d6254e4 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -1078,9 +1078,9 @@ static int nvme_poll(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 
 	spin_lock(&nvmeq->cq_poll_lock);
 	found = nvme_process_cq(nvmeq, &start, &end, -1);
+	nvme_complete_cqes(nvmeq, start, end);
 	spin_unlock(&nvmeq->cq_poll_lock);
 
-	nvme_complete_cqes(nvmeq, start, end);
 	return found;
 }