diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 6cd9395ba9ec..58d0d517fead 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -3580,6 +3580,7 @@ static struct pci_driver nvme_driver = {
 	.shutdown	= nvme_shutdown,
 	.driver		= {
 		.probe_type	= PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
+		.async_shutdown_enable	= true,
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 		.pm		= &nvme_dev_pm_ops,
 #endif