diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 6ee05b3..c8e7706 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/list_sort.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/pr.h>
@@ -28,6 +30,9 @@
 
 #include "nvme.h"
 
+static int nvme_major;
+module_param(nvme_major, int, 0);
+
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dev_list_lock);
 
 static void nvme_free_ns(struct kref *kref)
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ static void nvme_free_ns(struct kref *kref)
 	kfree(ns);
 }
 
-void nvme_put_ns(struct nvme_ns *ns)
+static void nvme_put_ns(struct nvme_ns *ns)
 {
 	kref_put(&ns->kref, nvme_free_ns);
 }
@@ -495,7 +500,7 @@ static void nvme_config_discard(struct nvme_ns *ns)
 	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, ns->queue);
 }
 
-int nvme_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
+static int nvme_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *ns = disk->private_data;
 	struct nvme_id_ns *id;
@@ -659,7 +664,7 @@ static const struct pr_ops nvme_pr_ops = {
 	.pr_clear	= nvme_pr_clear,
 };
 
-const struct block_device_operations nvme_fops = {
+static const struct block_device_operations nvme_fops = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.ioctl		= nvme_ioctl,
 	.compat_ioctl	= nvme_compat_ioctl,
@@ -687,6 +692,7 @@ int nvme_init_identify(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 		return ret;
 	}
 	page_shift = NVME_CAP_MPSMIN(cap) + 12;
+	ctrl->page_size = 1 << page_shift;
 
 	ret = nvme_identify_ctrl(ctrl, &id);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -734,3 +740,184 @@ void nvme_put_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	kref_put(&ctrl->kref, nvme_free_ctrl);
 }
 
+static int ns_cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
+{
+	struct nvme_ns *nsa = container_of(a, struct nvme_ns, list);
+	struct nvme_ns *nsb = container_of(b, struct nvme_ns, list);
+
+	return nsa->ns_id - nsb->ns_id;
+}
+
+static struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
+{
+	struct nvme_ns *ns;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list) {
+		if (ns->ns_id == nsid)
+			return ns;
+		if (ns->ns_id > nsid)
+			break;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
+{
+	struct nvme_ns *ns;
+	struct gendisk *disk;
+	int node = dev_to_node(ctrl->dev);
+
+	ns = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*ns), GFP_KERNEL, node);
+	if (!ns)
+		return;
+
+	ns->queue = blk_mq_init_queue(ctrl->tagset);
+	if (IS_ERR(ns->queue))
+		goto out_free_ns;
+	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, ns->queue);
+	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, ns->queue);
+	ns->queue->queuedata = ns;
+	ns->ctrl = ctrl;
+
+	disk = alloc_disk_node(0, node);
+	if (!disk)
+		goto out_free_queue;
+
+	kref_init(&ns->kref);
+	ns->ns_id = nsid;
+	ns->disk = disk;
+	ns->lba_shift = 9; /* set to a default value for 512 until disk is validated */
+	list_add_tail(&ns->list, &ctrl->namespaces);
+
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(ns->queue, 1 << ns->lba_shift);
+	if (ctrl->max_hw_sectors) {
+		blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(ns->queue, ctrl->max_hw_sectors);
+		blk_queue_max_segments(ns->queue,
+			(ctrl->max_hw_sectors / (ctrl->page_size >> 9)) + 1);
+	}
+	if (ctrl->stripe_size)
+		blk_queue_chunk_sectors(ns->queue, ctrl->stripe_size >> 9);
+	if (ctrl->vwc & NVME_CTRL_VWC_PRESENT)
+		blk_queue_flush(ns->queue, REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
+	blk_queue_virt_boundary(ns->queue, ctrl->page_size - 1);
+
+	disk->major = nvme_major;
+	disk->first_minor = 0;
+	disk->fops = &nvme_fops;
+	disk->private_data = ns;
+	disk->queue = ns->queue;
+	disk->driverfs_dev = ctrl->device;
+	disk->flags = GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
+	sprintf(disk->disk_name, "nvme%dn%d", ctrl->instance, nsid);
+
+	/*
+	 * Initialize capacity to 0 until we establish the namespace format and
+	 * setup integrity extentions if necessary. The revalidate_disk after
+	 * add_disk allows the driver to register with integrity if the format
+	 * requires it.
+	 */
+	set_capacity(disk, 0);
+	if (nvme_revalidate_disk(ns->disk))
+		goto out_free_disk;
+
+	kref_get(&ctrl->kref);
+	if (ns->type != NVME_NS_LIGHTNVM) {
+		add_disk(ns->disk);
+		if (ns->ms) {
+			struct block_device *bd = bdget_disk(ns->disk, 0);
+			if (!bd)
+				return;
+			if (blkdev_get(bd, FMODE_READ, NULL)) {
+				bdput(bd);
+				return;
+			}
+			blkdev_reread_part(bd);
+			blkdev_put(bd, FMODE_READ);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return;
+ out_free_disk:
+	kfree(disk);
+	list_del(&ns->list);
+ out_free_queue:
+	blk_cleanup_queue(ns->queue);
+ out_free_ns:
+	kfree(ns);
+}
+
+static void nvme_ns_remove(struct nvme_ns *ns)
+{
+	bool kill = nvme_io_incapable(ns->ctrl) &&
+			!blk_queue_dying(ns->queue);
+
+	if (kill)
+		blk_set_queue_dying(ns->queue);
+	if (ns->disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP) {
+		if (blk_get_integrity(ns->disk))
+			blk_integrity_unregister(ns->disk);
+		del_gendisk(ns->disk);
+	}
+	if (kill || !blk_queue_dying(ns->queue)) {
+		blk_mq_abort_requeue_list(ns->queue);
+		blk_cleanup_queue(ns->queue);
+	}
+	list_del_init(&ns->list);
+	nvme_put_ns(ns);
+}
+
+static void __nvme_scan_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nn)
+{
+	struct nvme_ns *ns, *next;
+	unsigned i;
+
+	for (i = 1; i <= nn; i++) {
+		ns = nvme_find_ns(ctrl, i);
+		if (ns) {
+			if (revalidate_disk(ns->disk))
+				nvme_ns_remove(ns);
+		} else
+			nvme_alloc_ns(ctrl, i);
+	}
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ns, next, &ctrl->namespaces, list) {
+		if (ns->ns_id > nn)
+			nvme_ns_remove(ns);
+	}
+	list_sort(NULL, &ctrl->namespaces, ns_cmp);
+}
+
+void nvme_scan_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
+{
+	struct nvme_id_ctrl *id;
+
+	if (nvme_identify_ctrl(ctrl, &id))
+		return;
+	__nvme_scan_namespaces(ctrl, le32_to_cpup(&id->nn));
+	kfree(id);
+}
+
+void nvme_remove_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
+{
+	struct nvme_ns *ns, *next;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ns, next, &ctrl->namespaces, list)
+		nvme_ns_remove(ns);
+}
+
+int __init nvme_core_init(void)
+{
+	int result;
+
+	result = register_blkdev(nvme_major, "nvme");
+	if (result < 0)
+		return result;
+	else if (result > 0)
+		nvme_major = result;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void nvme_core_exit(void)
+{
+	unregister_blkdev(nvme_major, "nvme");
+}
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 2d68262..b097cdb 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ struct nvme_ctrl {
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct kref kref;
 	int instance;
+	struct blk_mq_tag_set *tagset;
+	struct list_head namespaces;
+	struct device *device;	/* char device */
 
 	char name[12];
 	char serial[20];
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ struct nvme_ctrl {
 	char firmware_rev[8];
 	u32 max_hw_sectors;
 	u32 stripe_size;
+	u32 page_size;
 	u16 oncs;
 	u16 abort_limit;
 	u8 event_limit;
@@ -89,6 +93,7 @@ struct nvme_ns {
 struct nvme_ctrl_ops {
 	int (*reg_read32)(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 off, u32 *val);
 	int (*reg_read64)(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 off, u64 *val);
+	bool (*io_incapable)(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 	void (*free_ctrl)(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 };
 
@@ -101,6 +106,17 @@ static inline bool nvme_ctrl_ready(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	return val & NVME_CSTS_RDY;
 }
 
+static inline bool nvme_io_incapable(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
+{
+	u32 val = 0;
+
+	if (ctrl->ops->io_incapable(ctrl))
+		return false;
+	if (ctrl->ops->reg_read32(ctrl, NVME_REG_CSTS, &val))
+		return false;
+	return val & NVME_CSTS_CFS;
+}
+
 static inline u64 nvme_block_nr(struct nvme_ns *ns, sector_t sector)
 {
 	return (sector >> (ns->lba_shift - 9));
@@ -171,7 +187,9 @@ static inline int nvme_error_status(u16 status)
 
 void nvme_put_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 int nvme_init_identify(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
-void nvme_put_ns(struct nvme_ns *ns);
+
+void nvme_scan_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
+void nvme_remove_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 
 int nvme_submit_sync_cmd(struct request_queue *q, struct nvme_command *cmd,
 		void *buf, unsigned bufflen);
@@ -193,10 +211,8 @@ int nvme_get_features(struct nvme_ctrl *dev, unsigned fid, unsigned nsid,
 int nvme_set_features(struct nvme_ctrl *dev, unsigned fid, unsigned dword11,
 			dma_addr_t dma_addr, u32 *result);
 
-extern const struct block_device_operations nvme_fops;
 extern spinlock_t dev_list_lock;
 
-int nvme_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk);
 int nvme_user_cmd(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns *ns,
 			struct nvme_passthru_cmd __user *ucmd);
 
@@ -210,4 +226,7 @@ int nvme_nvm_ns_supported(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_id_ns *id);
 int nvme_nvm_register(struct request_queue *q, char *disk_name);
 void nvme_nvm_unregister(struct request_queue *q, char *disk_name);
 
+int __init nvme_core_init(void);
+void nvme_core_exit(void);
+
 #endif /* _NVME_H */
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 7eb975b..6127bf6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/list_sort.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
@@ -66,9 +65,6 @@ static unsigned char shutdown_timeout = 5;
 module_param(shutdown_timeout, byte, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(shutdown_timeout, "timeout in seconds for controller shutdown");
 
-static int nvme_major;
-module_param(nvme_major, int, 0);
-
 static int nvme_char_major;
 module_param(nvme_char_major, int, 0);
 
@@ -123,8 +119,6 @@ struct nvme_dev {
 	u32 ctrl_config;
 	struct msix_entry *entry;
 	void __iomem *bar;
-	struct list_head namespaces;
-	struct device *device;
 	struct work_struct reset_work;
 	struct work_struct probe_work;
 	struct work_struct scan_work;
@@ -1650,90 +1644,6 @@ static int nvme_kthread(void *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_dev *dev, unsigned nsid)
-{
-	struct nvme_ns *ns;
-	struct gendisk *disk;
-	int node = dev_to_node(dev->dev);
-
-	ns = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*ns), GFP_KERNEL, node);
-	if (!ns)
-		return;
-
-	ns->queue = blk_mq_init_queue(&dev->tagset);
-	if (IS_ERR(ns->queue))
-		goto out_free_ns;
-	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, ns->queue);
-	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, ns->queue);
-	ns->ctrl = &dev->ctrl;
-	ns->queue->queuedata = ns;
-
-	disk = alloc_disk_node(0, node);
-	if (!disk)
-		goto out_free_queue;
-
-	kref_init(&ns->kref);
-	ns->ns_id = nsid;
-	ns->disk = disk;
-	ns->lba_shift = 9; /* set to a default value for 512 until disk is validated */
-	list_add_tail(&ns->list, &dev->namespaces);
-
-	blk_queue_logical_block_size(ns->queue, 1 << ns->lba_shift);
-	if (dev->ctrl.max_hw_sectors) {
-		blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(ns->queue, dev->ctrl.max_hw_sectors);
-		blk_queue_max_segments(ns->queue,
-			(dev->ctrl.max_hw_sectors / (dev->page_size >> 9)) + 1);
-	}
-	if (dev->ctrl.stripe_size)
-		blk_queue_chunk_sectors(ns->queue, dev->ctrl.stripe_size >> 9);
-	if (dev->ctrl.vwc & NVME_CTRL_VWC_PRESENT)
-		blk_queue_flush(ns->queue, REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
-	blk_queue_virt_boundary(ns->queue, dev->page_size - 1);
-
-	disk->major = nvme_major;
-	disk->first_minor = 0;
-	disk->fops = &nvme_fops;
-	disk->private_data = ns;
-	disk->queue = ns->queue;
-	disk->driverfs_dev = dev->device;
-	disk->flags = GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
-	sprintf(disk->disk_name, "nvme%dn%d", dev->ctrl.instance, nsid);
-
-	/*
-	 * Initialize capacity to 0 until we establish the namespace format and
-	 * setup integrity extentions if necessary. The revalidate_disk after
-	 * add_disk allows the driver to register with integrity if the format
-	 * requires it.
-	 */
-	set_capacity(disk, 0);
-	if (nvme_revalidate_disk(ns->disk))
-		goto out_free_disk;
-
-	kref_get(&dev->ctrl.kref);
-	if (ns->type != NVME_NS_LIGHTNVM) {
-		add_disk(ns->disk);
-		if (ns->ms) {
-			struct block_device *bd = bdget_disk(ns->disk, 0);
-			if (!bd)
-				return;
-			if (blkdev_get(bd, FMODE_READ, NULL)) {
-				bdput(bd);
-				return;
-			}
-			blkdev_reread_part(bd);
-			blkdev_put(bd, FMODE_READ);
-		}
-	}
-	return;
- out_free_disk:
-	kfree(disk);
-	list_del(&ns->list);
- out_free_queue:
-	blk_cleanup_queue(ns->queue);
- out_free_ns:
-	kfree(ns);
-}
-
 /*
  * Create I/O queues.  Failing to create an I/O queue is not an issue,
  * we can continue with less than the desired amount of queues, and
@@ -1916,71 +1826,6 @@ static int nvme_setup_io_queues(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 	return result;
 }
 
-static int ns_cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
-{
-	struct nvme_ns *nsa = container_of(a, struct nvme_ns, list);
-	struct nvme_ns *nsb = container_of(b, struct nvme_ns, list);
-
-	return nsa->ns_id - nsb->ns_id;
-}
-
-static struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_ns(struct nvme_dev *dev, unsigned nsid)
-{
-	struct nvme_ns *ns;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(ns, &dev->namespaces, list) {
-		if (ns->ns_id == nsid)
-			return ns;
-		if (ns->ns_id > nsid)
-			break;
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static inline bool nvme_io_incapable(struct nvme_dev *dev)
-{
-	return (!dev->bar ||
-		readl(dev->bar + NVME_REG_CSTS) & NVME_CSTS_CFS ||
-		dev->online_queues < 2);
-}
-
-static void nvme_ns_remove(struct nvme_ns *ns)
-{
-	bool kill = nvme_io_incapable(to_nvme_dev(ns->ctrl)) &&
-			!blk_queue_dying(ns->queue);
-
-	if (kill)
-		blk_set_queue_dying(ns->queue);
-	if (ns->disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP)
-		del_gendisk(ns->disk);
-	if (kill || !blk_queue_dying(ns->queue)) {
-		blk_mq_abort_requeue_list(ns->queue);
-		blk_cleanup_queue(ns->queue);
-	}
-	list_del_init(&ns->list);
-	nvme_put_ns(ns);
-}
-
-static void nvme_scan_namespaces(struct nvme_dev *dev, unsigned nn)
-{
-	struct nvme_ns *ns, *next;
-	unsigned i;
-
-	for (i = 1; i <= nn; i++) {
-		ns = nvme_find_ns(dev, i);
-		if (ns) {
-			if (revalidate_disk(ns->disk))
-				nvme_ns_remove(ns);
-		} else
-			nvme_alloc_ns(dev, i);
-	}
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(ns, next, &dev->namespaces, list) {
-		if (ns->ns_id > nn)
-			nvme_ns_remove(ns);
-	}
-	list_sort(NULL, &dev->namespaces, ns_cmp);
-}
-
 static void nvme_set_irq_hints(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct nvme_queue *nvmeq;
@@ -2000,14 +1845,10 @@ static void nvme_set_irq_hints(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 static void nvme_dev_scan(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct nvme_dev *dev = container_of(work, struct nvme_dev, scan_work);
-	struct nvme_id_ctrl *ctrl;
 
 	if (!dev->tagset.tags)
 		return;
-	if (nvme_identify_ctrl(&dev->ctrl, &ctrl))
-		return;
-	nvme_scan_namespaces(dev, le32_to_cpup(&ctrl->nn));
-	kfree(ctrl);
+	nvme_scan_namespaces(&dev->ctrl);
 	nvme_set_irq_hints(dev);
 }
 
@@ -2019,7 +1860,7 @@ static void nvme_dev_scan(struct work_struct *work)
  */
 static int nvme_dev_add(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 {
-	if (!dev->tagset.tags) {
+	if (!dev->ctrl.tagset) {
 		dev->tagset.ops = &nvme_mq_ops;
 		dev->tagset.nr_hw_queues = dev->online_queues - 1;
 		dev->tagset.timeout = NVME_IO_TIMEOUT;
@@ -2032,6 +1873,7 @@ static int nvme_dev_add(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 
 		if (blk_mq_alloc_tag_set(&dev->tagset))
 			return 0;
+		dev->ctrl.tagset = &dev->tagset;
 	}
 	schedule_work(&dev->scan_work);
 	return 0;
@@ -2282,7 +2124,7 @@ static void nvme_freeze_queues(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *ns;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(ns, &dev->namespaces, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry(ns, &dev->ctrl.namespaces, list) {
 		blk_mq_freeze_queue_start(ns->queue);
 
 		spin_lock_irq(ns->queue->queue_lock);
@@ -2298,7 +2140,7 @@ static void nvme_unfreeze_queues(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *ns;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(ns, &dev->namespaces, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry(ns, &dev->ctrl.namespaces, list) {
 		queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, ns->queue);
 		blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(ns->queue);
 		blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(ns->queue, true);
@@ -2333,14 +2175,6 @@ static void nvme_dev_shutdown(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 		nvme_clear_queue(dev->queues[i]);
 }
 
-static void nvme_dev_remove(struct nvme_dev *dev)
-{
-	struct nvme_ns *ns, *next;
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(ns, next, &dev->namespaces, list)
-		nvme_ns_remove(ns);
-}
-
 static int nvme_setup_prp_pools(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 {
 	dev->prp_page_pool = dma_pool_create("prp list page", dev->dev,
@@ -2398,7 +2232,7 @@ static void nvme_pci_free_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	struct nvme_dev *dev = to_nvme_dev(ctrl);
 
 	put_device(dev->dev);
-	put_device(dev->device);
+	put_device(ctrl->device);
 	nvme_release_instance(dev);
 	if (dev->tagset.tags)
 		blk_mq_free_tag_set(&dev->tagset);
@@ -2450,9 +2284,9 @@ static long nvme_dev_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	case NVME_IOCTL_ADMIN_CMD:
 		return nvme_user_cmd(&dev->ctrl, NULL, (void __user *)arg);
 	case NVME_IOCTL_IO_CMD:
-		if (list_empty(&dev->namespaces))
+		if (list_empty(&dev->ctrl.namespaces))
 			return -ENOTTY;
-		ns = list_first_entry(&dev->namespaces, struct nvme_ns, list);
+		ns = list_first_entry(&dev->ctrl.namespaces, struct nvme_ns, list);
 		return nvme_user_cmd(&dev->ctrl, ns, (void __user *)arg);
 	case NVME_IOCTL_RESET:
 		dev_warn(dev->dev, "resetting controller\n");
@@ -2526,7 +2360,7 @@ static void nvme_probe_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	 */
 	if (dev->online_queues < 2) {
 		dev_warn(dev->dev, "IO queues not created\n");
-		nvme_dev_remove(dev);
+		nvme_remove_namespaces(&dev->ctrl);
 	} else {
 		nvme_unfreeze_queues(dev);
 		nvme_dev_add(dev);
@@ -2650,9 +2484,17 @@ static int nvme_pci_reg_read64(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 off, u64 *val)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool nvme_pci_io_incapable(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
+{
+	struct nvme_dev *dev = to_nvme_dev(ctrl);
+
+	return !dev->bar || dev->online_queues < 2;
+}
+
 static const struct nvme_ctrl_ops nvme_pci_ctrl_ops = {
 	.reg_read32		= nvme_pci_reg_read32,
 	.reg_read64		= nvme_pci_reg_read64,
+	.io_incapable		= nvme_pci_io_incapable,
 	.free_ctrl		= nvme_pci_free_ctrl,
 };
 
@@ -2677,7 +2519,7 @@ static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	if (!dev->queues)
 		goto free;
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->namespaces);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->ctrl.namespaces);
 	INIT_WORK(&dev->reset_work, nvme_reset_work);
 	dev->dev = get_device(&pdev->dev);
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);
@@ -2696,17 +2538,17 @@ static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 		goto release;
 
 	kref_init(&dev->ctrl.kref);
-	dev->device = device_create(nvme_class, &pdev->dev,
+	dev->ctrl.device = device_create(nvme_class, &pdev->dev,
 				MKDEV(nvme_char_major, dev->ctrl.instance),
 				dev, "nvme%d", dev->ctrl.instance);
-	if (IS_ERR(dev->device)) {
-		result = PTR_ERR(dev->device);
+	if (IS_ERR(dev->ctrl.device)) {
+		result = PTR_ERR(dev->ctrl.device);
 		goto release_pools;
 	}
-	get_device(dev->device);
-	dev_set_drvdata(dev->device, dev);
+	get_device(dev->ctrl.device);
+	dev_set_drvdata(dev->ctrl.device, dev);
 
-	result = device_create_file(dev->device, &dev_attr_reset_controller);
+	result = device_create_file(dev->ctrl.device, &dev_attr_reset_controller);
 	if (result)
 		goto put_dev;
 
@@ -2718,7 +2560,7 @@ static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 
  put_dev:
 	device_destroy(nvme_class, MKDEV(nvme_char_major, dev->ctrl.instance));
-	put_device(dev->device);
+	put_device(dev->ctrl.device);
  release_pools:
 	nvme_release_prp_pools(dev);
  release:
@@ -2760,8 +2602,8 @@ static void nvme_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	flush_work(&dev->probe_work);
 	flush_work(&dev->reset_work);
 	flush_work(&dev->scan_work);
-	device_remove_file(dev->device, &dev_attr_reset_controller);
-	nvme_dev_remove(dev);
+	device_remove_file(dev->ctrl.device, &dev_attr_reset_controller);
+	nvme_remove_namespaces(&dev->ctrl);
 	nvme_dev_shutdown(dev);
 	nvme_dev_remove_admin(dev);
 	device_destroy(nvme_class, MKDEV(nvme_char_major, dev->ctrl.instance));
@@ -2843,11 +2685,9 @@ static int __init nvme_init(void)
 	if (!nvme_workq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	result = register_blkdev(nvme_major, "nvme");
+	result = nvme_core_init();
 	if (result < 0)
 		goto kill_workq;
-	else if (result > 0)
-		nvme_major = result;
 
 	result = __register_chrdev(nvme_char_major, 0, NVME_MINORS, "nvme",
 							&nvme_dev_fops);
@@ -2872,7 +2712,7 @@ static int __init nvme_init(void)
  unregister_chrdev:
 	__unregister_chrdev(nvme_char_major, 0, NVME_MINORS, "nvme");
  unregister_blkdev:
-	unregister_blkdev(nvme_major, "nvme");
+	nvme_core_exit();
  kill_workq:
 	destroy_workqueue(nvme_workq);
 	return result;
@@ -2881,7 +2721,7 @@ static int __init nvme_init(void)
 static void __exit nvme_exit(void)
 {
 	pci_unregister_driver(&nvme_driver);
-	unregister_blkdev(nvme_major, "nvme");
+	nvme_core_exit();
 	destroy_workqueue(nvme_workq);
 	class_destroy(nvme_class);
 	__unregister_chrdev(nvme_char_major, 0, NVME_MINORS, "nvme");
