diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 81a5b968253f..17c0d6ae3eee 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -422,11 +422,23 @@ static inline void nvme_fault_inject_fini(struct nvme_fault_inject *fault_inj)
 static inline void nvme_should_fail(struct request *req) {}
 #endif
 
+bool nvme_wait_reset(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
+int nvme_try_sched_reset(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
+
 static inline int nvme_reset_subsystem(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	if (!ctrl->subsystem)
 		return -ENOTTY;
-	return ctrl->ops->reg_write32(ctrl, NVME_REG_NSSR, 0x4E564D65);
+	if (!nvme_wait_reset(ctrl))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	ret = ctrl->ops->reg_write32(ctrl, NVME_REG_NSSR, 0x4E564D65);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return nvme_try_sched_reset(ctrl);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -473,7 +485,6 @@ void nvme_cancel_tagset(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_cancel_admin_tagset(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 bool nvme_change_ctrl_state(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 		enum nvme_ctrl_state new_state);
-bool nvme_wait_reset(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 int nvme_disable_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 int nvme_enable_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 int nvme_shutdown_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
@@ -525,7 +536,6 @@ int nvme_set_queue_count(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, int *count);
 void nvme_stop_keep_alive(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 int nvme_reset_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 int nvme_reset_ctrl_sync(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
-int nvme_try_sched_reset(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 int nvme_delete_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 
 int nvme_get_log(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 nsid, u8 log_page, u8 lsp,