diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
index 42767fb754552f5f1b25e726278a19e03e582504..ee376111f561022a78a7e4524265452a75171e7a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
@@ -3165,15 +3165,7 @@ nvme_fc_create_association(struct nvme_fc_ctrl *ctrl)
 			"to maxcmd\n",
 			opts->queue_size, ctrl->ctrl.maxcmd);
 		opts->queue_size = ctrl->ctrl.maxcmd;
-	}
-
-	if (opts->queue_size > ctrl->ctrl.sqsize + 1) {
-		/* warn if sqsize is lower than queue_size */
-		dev_warn(ctrl->ctrl.device,
-			"queue_size %zu > ctrl sqsize %u, reducing "
-			"to sqsize\n",
-			opts->queue_size, ctrl->ctrl.sqsize + 1);
-		opts->queue_size = ctrl->ctrl.sqsize + 1;
+		ctrl->ctrl.sqsize = opts->queue_size - 1;
 	}
 
 	ret = nvme_fc_init_aen_ops(ctrl);