diff --git a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
index 2cbe1b4daef2..01a68250f868 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
@@ -2361,19 +2361,20 @@ static int nvme_dev_add(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 	}
 	kfree(ctrl);
 
-	dev->tagset.ops = &nvme_mq_ops;
-	dev->tagset.nr_hw_queues = dev->online_queues - 1;
-	dev->tagset.timeout = NVME_IO_TIMEOUT;
-	dev->tagset.numa_node = dev_to_node(dev->dev);
-	dev->tagset.queue_depth =
+	if (!dev->tagset.tags) {
+		dev->tagset.ops = &nvme_mq_ops;
+		dev->tagset.nr_hw_queues = dev->online_queues - 1;
+		dev->tagset.timeout = NVME_IO_TIMEOUT;
+		dev->tagset.numa_node = dev_to_node(dev->dev);
+		dev->tagset.queue_depth =
 				min_t(int, dev->q_depth, BLK_MQ_MAX_DEPTH) - 1;
-	dev->tagset.cmd_size = nvme_cmd_size(dev);
-	dev->tagset.flags = BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE;
-	dev->tagset.driver_data = dev;
-
-	if (blk_mq_alloc_tag_set(&dev->tagset))
-		return 0;
+		dev->tagset.cmd_size = nvme_cmd_size(dev);
+		dev->tagset.flags = BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE;
+		dev->tagset.driver_data = dev;
 
+		if (blk_mq_alloc_tag_set(&dev->tagset))
+			return 0;
+	}
 	schedule_work(&dev->scan_work);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2924,7 +2925,7 @@ static int nvme_dev_resume(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 		spin_unlock(&dev_list_lock);
 	} else {
 		nvme_unfreeze_queues(dev);
-		schedule_work(&dev->scan_work);
+		nvme_dev_add(dev);
 		nvme_set_irq_hints(dev);
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -2932,8 +2933,17 @@ static int nvme_dev_resume(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 
 static void nvme_dev_reset(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 {
+	bool in_probe = work_busy(&dev->probe_work);
+
 	nvme_dev_shutdown(dev);
-	if (nvme_dev_resume(dev)) {
+
+	/* Synchronize with device probe so that work will see failure status
+	 * and exit gracefully without trying to schedule another reset */
+	flush_work(&dev->probe_work);
+
+	/* Fail this device if reset occured during probe to avoid
+	 * infinite initialization loops. */
+	if (in_probe) {
 		dev_warn(dev->dev, "Device failed to resume\n");
 		kref_get(&dev->kref);
 		if (IS_ERR(kthread_run(nvme_remove_dead_ctrl, dev, "nvme%d",
@@ -2942,7 +2952,11 @@ static void nvme_dev_reset(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 				"Failed to start controller remove task\n");
 			kref_put(&dev->kref, nvme_free_dev);
 		}
+		return;
 	}
+	/* Schedule device resume asynchronously so the reset work is available
+	 * to cleanup errors that may occur during reinitialization */
+	schedule_work(&dev->probe_work);
 }
 
 static void nvme_reset_failed_dev(struct work_struct *ws)
@@ -2974,6 +2988,7 @@ static int nvme_reset(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 
 	if (!ret) {
 		flush_work(&dev->reset_work);
+		flush_work(&dev->probe_work);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -3070,18 +3085,9 @@ static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 static void nvme_async_probe(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct nvme_dev *dev = container_of(work, struct nvme_dev, probe_work);
-	int result;
 
-	result = nvme_dev_start(dev);
-	if (result)
+	if (nvme_dev_resume(dev))
 		goto reset;
-
-	if (dev->online_queues > 1)
-		result = nvme_dev_add(dev);
-	if (result)
-		goto reset;
-
-	nvme_set_irq_hints(dev);
 	return;
  reset:
 	spin_lock(&dev_list_lock);