diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 51e5c12988fe81a70e57b2ca1420e79b9d8de3f0..3f106771d15be1b4a1438b4c3905fd67f79330c0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3232,8 +3232,12 @@ int nvme_init_identify(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (!ctrl->identified && !nvme_discovery_ctrl(ctrl)) {
+		/*
+		 * Do not return errors unless we are in a controller reset,
+		 * the controller works perfectly fine without hwmon.
+		 */
 		ret = nvme_hwmon_init(ctrl);
-		if (ret < 0)
+		if (ret == -EINTR)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/hwmon.c b/drivers/nvme/host/hwmon.c
index 0a586d7129201761d411c13b7e20425d4287c5c8..23918bb7bdca2b1800dc8cabbd9d912845baa389 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/hwmon.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ int nvme_hwmon_init(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 
 	data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
-		return 0;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	data->ctrl = ctrl;
 	mutex_init(&data->read_lock);
@@ -238,8 +238,7 @@ int nvme_hwmon_init(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	err = nvme_hwmon_get_smart_log(data);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_warn(dev, "Failed to read smart log (error %d)\n", err);
-		kfree(data);
-		return err;
+		goto err_free_data;
 	}
 
 	hwmon = hwmon_device_register_with_info(dev, "nvme",
@@ -247,11 +246,15 @@ int nvme_hwmon_init(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 						NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(hwmon)) {
 		dev_warn(dev, "Failed to instantiate hwmon device\n");
-		kfree(data);
-		return PTR_ERR(hwmon);
+		err = PTR_ERR(hwmon);
+		goto err_free_data;
 	}
 	ctrl->hwmon_device = hwmon;
 	return 0;
+
+err_free_data:
+	kfree(data);
+	return err;
 }
 
 void nvme_hwmon_exit(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)