void nvme_cancel_admin_tagset(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
-       nvme_stop_keep_alive(ctrl);
        if (ctrl->admin_tagset) {
                blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter(ctrl->admin_tagset,
                                nvme_cancel_request, ctrl);
 {
        nvme_mpath_stop(ctrl);
        nvme_auth_stop(ctrl);
+       nvme_stop_keep_alive(ctrl);
        nvme_stop_failfast_work(ctrl);
        flush_work(&ctrl->async_event_work);
        cancel_work_sync(&ctrl->fw_act_work);
 
         * clean up the admin queue. Same thing as above.
         */
        nvme_quiesce_admin_queue(&ctrl->ctrl);
-
-       /*
-        * Open-coding nvme_cancel_admin_tagset() as fc
-        * is not using nvme_cancel_request().
-        */
-       nvme_stop_keep_alive(&ctrl->ctrl);
        blk_sync_queue(ctrl->ctrl.admin_q);
        blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter(&ctrl->admin_tag_set,
                                nvme_fc_terminate_exchange, &ctrl->ctrl);
        nvme_unquiesce_admin_queue(&ctrl->ctrl);
 
        ret = nvme_init_ctrl_finish(&ctrl->ctrl, false);
-       if (!ret && test_bit(ASSOC_FAILED, &ctrl->flags))
-               ret = -EIO;
        if (ret)
                goto out_disconnect_admin_queue;
-
+       if (test_bit(ASSOC_FAILED, &ctrl->flags)) {
+               ret = -EIO;
+               goto out_stop_keep_alive;
+       }
        /* sanity checks */
 
        /* FC-NVME does not have other data in the capsule */
                dev_err(ctrl->ctrl.device, "icdoff %d is not supported!\n",
                                ctrl->ctrl.icdoff);
                ret = NVME_SC_INVALID_FIELD | NVME_SC_DNR;
-               goto out_disconnect_admin_queue;
+               goto out_stop_keep_alive;
        }
 
        /* FC-NVME supports normal SGL Data Block Descriptors */
                dev_err(ctrl->ctrl.device,
                        "Mandatory sgls are not supported!\n");
                ret = NVME_SC_INVALID_FIELD | NVME_SC_DNR;
-               goto out_disconnect_admin_queue;
+               goto out_stop_keep_alive;
        }
 
        if (opts->queue_size > ctrl->ctrl.maxcmd) {
 
 out_term_aen_ops:
        nvme_fc_term_aen_ops(ctrl);
+out_stop_keep_alive:
+       nvme_stop_keep_alive(&ctrl->ctrl);
 out_disconnect_admin_queue:
        dev_warn(ctrl->ctrl.device,
                "NVME-FC{%d}: create_assoc failed, assoc_id %llx ret %d\n",