diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 8a9c186898c7..14eac73e8dbc 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -1384,6 +1384,11 @@ static inline void nvme_release_cmb(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 	if (dev->cmb) {
 		iounmap(dev->cmb);
 		dev->cmb = NULL;
+		if (dev->cmbsz) {
+			sysfs_remove_file_from_group(&dev->ctrl.device->kobj,
+						     &dev_attr_cmb.attr, NULL);
+			dev->cmbsz = 0;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1655,6 +1660,7 @@ static void nvme_pci_disable(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev->dev);
 
+	nvme_release_cmb(dev);
 	pci_free_irq_vectors(pdev);
 
 	if (pci_is_enabled(pdev)) {
@@ -1993,7 +1999,6 @@ static void nvme_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	nvme_dev_disable(dev, true);
 	nvme_dev_remove_admin(dev);
 	nvme_free_queues(dev, 0);
-	nvme_release_cmb(dev);
 	nvme_release_prp_pools(dev);
 	nvme_dev_unmap(dev);
 	nvme_put_ctrl(&dev->ctrl);