diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
index babbc14a4b76a..10fc45d95b867 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
@@ -30,6 +30,44 @@ static int so_priority;
 module_param(so_priority, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(so_priority, "nvme tcp socket optimize priority");
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+/* lockdep can detect a circular dependency of the form
+ *   sk_lock -> mmap_lock (page fault) -> fs locks -> sk_lock
+ * because dependencies are tracked for both nvme-tcp and user contexts. Using
+ * a separate class prevents lockdep from conflating nvme-tcp socket use with
+ * user-space socket API use.
+ */
+static struct lock_class_key nvme_tcp_sk_key[2];
+static struct lock_class_key nvme_tcp_slock_key[2];
+
+static void nvme_tcp_reclassify_socket(struct socket *sock)
+{
+	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!sock_allow_reclassification(sk)))
+		return;
+
+	switch (sk->sk_family) {
+	case AF_INET:
+		sock_lock_init_class_and_name(sk, "slock-AF_INET-NVME",
+					      &nvme_tcp_slock_key[0],
+					      "sk_lock-AF_INET-NVME",
+					      &nvme_tcp_sk_key[0]);
+		break;
+	case AF_INET6:
+		sock_lock_init_class_and_name(sk, "slock-AF_INET6-NVME",
+					      &nvme_tcp_slock_key[1],
+					      "sk_lock-AF_INET6-NVME",
+					      &nvme_tcp_sk_key[1]);
+		break;
+	default:
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+	}
+}
+#else
+static void nvme_tcp_reclassify_socket(struct socket *sock) { }
+#endif
+
 enum nvme_tcp_send_state {
 	NVME_TCP_SEND_CMD_PDU = 0,
 	NVME_TCP_SEND_H2C_PDU,
@@ -1427,6 +1465,8 @@ static int nvme_tcp_alloc_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl,
 		goto err_destroy_mutex;
 	}
 
+	nvme_tcp_reclassify_socket(queue->sock);
+
 	/* Single syn retry */
 	tcp_sock_set_syncnt(queue->sock->sk, 1);