diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index f9fe7bb65ec6..20df7c12c718 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -5140,6 +5140,7 @@ int nvme_init_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct device *dev,
 	memset(&ctrl->ka_cmd, 0, sizeof(ctrl->ka_cmd));
 	ctrl->ka_cmd.common.opcode = nvme_admin_keep_alive;
 	ctrl->ka_last_check_time = jiffies;
+	ctrl->admin_timeout = NVME_ADMIN_TIMEOUT;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(NVME_DSM_MAX_RANGES * sizeof(struct nvme_dsm_range) >
 			PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 6f9ecb4948f4..7923533cce00 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ struct nvme_ctrl {
 	u16 mtfa;
 	u32 ctrl_config;
 	u32 queue_count;
+	u32 admin_timeout;
 
 	u64 cap;
 	u32 max_hw_sectors;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 2dc1074f9984..35affda088f4 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -3094,7 +3094,7 @@ static bool __nvme_delete_io_queues(struct nvme_dev *dev, u8 opcode)
 	unsigned long timeout;
 
  retry:
-	timeout = NVME_ADMIN_TIMEOUT;
+	timeout = dev->ctrl.admin_timeout;
 	while (nr_queues > 0) {
 		if (nvme_delete_queue(&dev->queues[nr_queues], opcode))
 			break;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c b/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
index e59758616f27..3b39b64cd9da 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
@@ -623,6 +623,46 @@ static ssize_t quirks_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(quirks);
 
+static ssize_t nvme_admin_timeout_show(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n",
+				jiffies_to_msecs(ctrl->admin_timeout));
+}
+
+static ssize_t nvme_admin_timeout_store(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr,
+		const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	u32 timeout;
+	int err;
+
+	/*
+	 * Wait until the controller reaches the LIVE state to be sure that
+	 * admin_q and fabrics_q are properly initialized.
+	 */
+	if (!test_bit(NVME_CTRL_STARTED_ONCE, &ctrl->flags))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	err = kstrtou32(buf, 10, &timeout);
+	if (err || !timeout)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ctrl->admin_timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(timeout);
+
+	blk_queue_rq_timeout(ctrl->admin_q, ctrl->admin_timeout);
+	if (ctrl->fabrics_q)
+		blk_queue_rq_timeout(ctrl->fabrics_q, ctrl->admin_timeout);
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(admin_timeout, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+	nvme_admin_timeout_show, nvme_admin_timeout_store);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVME_HOST_AUTH
 static ssize_t nvme_ctrl_dhchap_secret_show(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
@@ -765,6 +805,7 @@ static struct attribute *nvme_dev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_cntrltype.attr,
 	&dev_attr_dctype.attr,
 	&dev_attr_quirks.attr,
+	&dev_attr_admin_timeout.attr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVME_HOST_AUTH
 	&dev_attr_dhchap_secret.attr,
 	&dev_attr_dhchap_ctrl_secret.attr,