diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
index a9c1e3b4585e..78467cb3f343 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ nvmf_ctlr_matches_baseopts(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 			struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts)
 {
 	if (ctrl->state == NVME_CTRL_DELETING ||
+	    ctrl->state == NVME_CTRL_DELETING_NOIO ||
 	    ctrl->state == NVME_CTRL_DEAD ||
 	    strcmp(opts->subsysnqn, ctrl->opts->subsysnqn) ||
 	    strcmp(opts->host->nqn, ctrl->opts->host->nqn) ||