diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
index 4c052c261517..1dc7c733c7e3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
@@ -2128,7 +2128,6 @@ static void nvme_tcp_error_recovery_work(struct work_struct *work)
 				struct nvme_tcp_ctrl, err_work);
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = &tcp_ctrl->ctrl;
 
-	nvme_auth_stop(ctrl);
 	nvme_stop_keep_alive(ctrl);
 	flush_work(&ctrl->async_event_work);
 	nvme_tcp_teardown_io_queues(ctrl, false);
@@ -2136,6 +2135,7 @@ static void nvme_tcp_error_recovery_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	nvme_start_queues(ctrl);
 	nvme_tcp_teardown_admin_queue(ctrl, false);
 	nvme_start_admin_queue(ctrl);
+	nvme_auth_stop(ctrl);
 
 	if (!nvme_change_ctrl_state(ctrl, NVME_CTRL_CONNECTING)) {
 		/* state change failure is ok if we started ctrl delete */