diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 87877397d1add..711b89424bd06 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3032,10 +3032,6 @@ int nvme_init_ctrl_finish(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = nvme_init_non_mdts_limits(ctrl);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
 	ret = nvme_configure_apst(ctrl);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
@@ -4096,11 +4092,26 @@ static void nvme_scan_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl =
 		container_of(work, struct nvme_ctrl, scan_work);
+	int ret;
 
 	/* No tagset on a live ctrl means IO queues could not created */
 	if (ctrl->state != NVME_CTRL_LIVE || !ctrl->tagset)
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * Identify controller limits can change at controller reset due to
+	 * new firmware download, even though it is not common we cannot ignore
+	 * such scenario. Controller's non-mdts limits are reported in the unit
+	 * of logical blocks that is dependent on the format of attached
+	 * namespace. Hence re-read the limits at the time of ns allocation.
+	 */
+	ret = nvme_init_non_mdts_limits(ctrl);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		dev_warn(ctrl->device,
+			"reading non-mdts-limits failed: %d\n", ret);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(NVME_AER_NOTICE_NS_CHANGED, &ctrl->events)) {
 		dev_info(ctrl->device, "rescanning namespaces.\n");
 		nvme_clear_changed_ns_log(ctrl);