diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 6e2d0fda3ba4..9feb47a60465 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3596,7 +3596,7 @@ static void nvme_ns_add_to_ctrl_list(struct nvme_ns *ns)
 			return;
 		}
 	}
-	list_add(&ns->list, &ns->ctrl->namespaces);
+	list_add_rcu(&ns->list, &ns->ctrl->namespaces);
 }
 
 static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns_info *info)