diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index c40930d10bd3..782090ce0bc1 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3960,12 +3960,13 @@ static void nvme_remove_invalid_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 
 	mutex_lock(&ctrl->namespaces_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(ns, next, &ctrl->namespaces, list) {
-		if (ns->head->ns_id > nsid)
-			list_splice_init_rcu(&ns->list, &rm_list,
-					     synchronize_rcu);
+		if (ns->head->ns_id > nsid) {
+			list_del_rcu(&ns->list);
+			synchronize_srcu(&ctrl->srcu);
+			list_add_tail_rcu(&ns->list, &rm_list);
+		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->namespaces_lock);
-	synchronize_srcu(&ctrl->srcu);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(ns, next, &rm_list, list)
 		nvme_ns_remove(ns);