diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index a58711c48850..486e44d20b43 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -2841,8 +2841,6 @@ static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	size_t alloc_size;
 
 	node = dev_to_node(&pdev->dev);
-	if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE)
-		set_dev_node(&pdev->dev, first_memory_node);
 
 	dev = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	if (!dev)