diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 375e7a1fc91d..ef06627b21ee 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -3854,6 +3854,7 @@ static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	nvme_dev_remove_admin(dev);
 	nvme_dbbuf_dma_free(dev);
 	nvme_free_queues(dev, 0);
+	nvme_release_descriptor_pools(dev);
 out_release_iod_mempool:
 	mempool_destroy(dev->dmavec_mempool);
 out_dev_unmap: