diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index ccd45e5b3298..3d78278e47c5 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -1153,13 +1153,13 @@ static void nvme_rdma_error_recovery_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl = container_of(work,
 			struct nvme_rdma_ctrl, err_work);
 
-	nvme_auth_stop(&ctrl->ctrl);
 	nvme_stop_keep_alive(&ctrl->ctrl);
 	flush_work(&ctrl->ctrl.async_event_work);
 	nvme_rdma_teardown_io_queues(ctrl, false);
 	nvme_start_queues(&ctrl->ctrl);
 	nvme_rdma_teardown_admin_queue(ctrl, false);
 	nvme_start_admin_queue(&ctrl->ctrl);
+	nvme_auth_stop(&ctrl->ctrl);
 
 	if (!nvme_change_ctrl_state(&ctrl->ctrl, NVME_CTRL_CONNECTING)) {
 		/* state change failure is ok if we started ctrl delete */