diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
index 571de549fbaf..27a8ce51d2b3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
@@ -1125,18 +1125,27 @@ static int nvmf_parse_options(struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts,
 void nvmf_set_io_queues(struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts, u32 nr_io_queues,
 			u32 io_queues[HCTX_MAX_TYPES])
 {
+	/*
+	 * Each queue type is mapped to the CPUs separately, so a type with
+	 * more queues than online CPUs has hardware contexts without an online
+	 * CPU.  Use the same limits as nvmf_nr_io_queues.
+	 */
+	u32 nr_io = min(opts->nr_io_queues, num_online_cpus());
+	u32 nr_write = min(opts->nr_write_queues, num_online_cpus());
+	u32 nr_poll = min(opts->nr_poll_queues, num_online_cpus());
+
 	memset(io_queues, 0, sizeof(*io_queues) * HCTX_MAX_TYPES);
 
-	if (opts->nr_write_queues && opts->nr_io_queues < nr_io_queues) {
+	if (nr_write && nr_io < nr_io_queues) {
 		/*
 		 * separate read/write queues
 		 * hand out dedicated default queues only after we have
 		 * sufficient read queues.
 		 */
-		io_queues[HCTX_TYPE_READ] = opts->nr_io_queues;
+		io_queues[HCTX_TYPE_READ] = nr_io;
 		nr_io_queues -= io_queues[HCTX_TYPE_READ];
 		io_queues[HCTX_TYPE_DEFAULT] =
-			min(opts->nr_write_queues, nr_io_queues);
+			min(nr_write, nr_io_queues);
 		nr_io_queues -= io_queues[HCTX_TYPE_DEFAULT];
 	} else {
 		/*
@@ -1145,14 +1154,14 @@ void nvmf_set_io_queues(struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts, u32 nr_io_queues,
 		 * sufficient queue count to have dedicated default queues.
 		 */
 		io_queues[HCTX_TYPE_DEFAULT] =
-			min(opts->nr_io_queues, nr_io_queues);
+			min(nr_io, nr_io_queues);
 		nr_io_queues -= io_queues[HCTX_TYPE_DEFAULT];
 	}
 
-	if (opts->nr_poll_queues && nr_io_queues) {
+	if (nr_poll && nr_io_queues) {
 		/* map dedicated poll queues only if we have queues left */
 		io_queues[HCTX_TYPE_POLL] =
-			min(opts->nr_poll_queues, nr_io_queues);
+			min(nr_poll, nr_io_queues);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmf_set_io_queues);