diff --git a/block/nvme.c b/block/nvme.c
index 73ed5fa..9896b7f 100644
--- a/block/nvme.c
+++ b/block/nvme.c
@@ -613,12 +613,12 @@
 
     /* Set up admin queue. */
     s->queues = g_new(NVMeQueuePair *, 1);
-    s->nr_queues = 1;
     s->queues[0] = nvme_create_queue_pair(bs, 0, NVME_QUEUE_SIZE, errp);
     if (!s->queues[0]) {
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto out;
     }
+    s->nr_queues = 1;
     QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(NVME_QUEUE_SIZE & 0xF000);
     s->regs->aqa = cpu_to_le32((NVME_QUEUE_SIZE << 16) | NVME_QUEUE_SIZE);
     s->regs->asq = cpu_to_le64(s->queues[0]->sq.iova);