diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 23dfce27ace2..cbc2932556c5 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ static void nvme_retry_req(struct request *req)
 {
 	unsigned long delay = 0;
 	u16 crd;
+	struct nvme_ns *ns = req->q->queuedata;
 
 	/* The mask and shift result must be <= 3 */
 	crd = (nvme_req(req)->status & NVME_STATUS_CRD) >> 11;
@@ -330,6 +331,9 @@ static void nvme_retry_req(struct request *req)
 		delay = nvme_req(req)->ctrl->crdt[crd - 1] * 100;
 
 	nvme_req(req)->retries++;
+	if (ns)
+		atomic_long_inc(&ns->retries);
+
 	blk_mq_requeue_request(req, false);
 	blk_mq_delay_kick_requeue_list(req->q, delay);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 46cfce4dbbf6..3cf95149aa88 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ struct nvme_ns {
 	enum nvme_ana_state ana_state;
 	u32 ana_grpid;
 #endif
+	atomic_long_t retries;
 	struct list_head siblings;
 	struct kref kref;
 	struct nvme_ns_head *head;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c b/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
index 1d507a835783..9472430934a3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
@@ -344,13 +344,46 @@ const struct attribute_group nvme_ns_mpath_attr_group = {
 };
 #endif
 
+static ssize_t command_retries_count_show(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct nvme_ns *ns = nvme_get_ns_from_dev(dev);
+
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%lu\n", atomic_long_read(&ns->retries));
+}
+
+static ssize_t command_retries_count_store(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	unsigned long retries;
+	int err;
+	struct nvme_ns *ns = nvme_get_ns_from_dev(dev);
+
+	err = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &retries);
+	if (err)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	atomic_long_set(&ns->retries, retries);
+
+	return count;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(command_retries_count);
+
 static struct attribute *nvme_ns_diag_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_command_retries_count.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
 static umode_t nvme_ns_diag_attrs_are_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
 		struct attribute *a, int n)
 {
+	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+
+	if (a == &dev_attr_command_retries_count.attr) {
+		if (nvme_disk_is_ns_head(dev_to_disk(dev)))
+			return 0;
+	}
+
 	return a->mode;
 }