diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index f2bb576157625e..87877397d1add0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -4358,6 +4358,7 @@ void nvme_start_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	if (ctrl->queue_count > 1) {
 		nvme_queue_scan(ctrl);
 		nvme_start_queues(ctrl);
+		nvme_mpath_update(ctrl);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_start_ctrl);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index e9301b51db7636..064acad505d38c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -574,8 +574,17 @@ static void nvme_update_ns_ana_state(struct nvme_ana_group_desc *desc,
 	ns->ana_grpid = le32_to_cpu(desc->grpid);
 	ns->ana_state = desc->state;
 	clear_bit(NVME_NS_ANA_PENDING, &ns->flags);
-
-	if (nvme_state_is_live(ns->ana_state))
+	/*
+	 * nvme_mpath_set_live() will trigger I/O to the multipath path device
+	 * and in turn to this path device.  However we cannot accept this I/O
+	 * if the controller is not live.  This may deadlock if called from
+	 * nvme_mpath_init_identify() and the ctrl will never complete
+	 * initialization, preventing I/O from completing.  For this case we
+	 * will reprocess the ANA log page in nvme_mpath_update() once the
+	 * controller is ready.
+	 */
+	if (nvme_state_is_live(ns->ana_state) &&
+	    ns->ctrl->state == NVME_CTRL_LIVE)
 		nvme_mpath_set_live(ns);
 }
 
@@ -662,6 +671,18 @@ static void nvme_ana_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	nvme_read_ana_log(ctrl);
 }
 
+void nvme_mpath_update(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
+{
+	u32 nr_change_groups = 0;
+
+	if (!ctrl->ana_log_buf)
+		return;
+
+	mutex_lock(&ctrl->ana_lock);
+	nvme_parse_ana_log(ctrl, &nr_change_groups, nvme_update_ana_state);
+	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->ana_lock);
+}
+
 static void nvme_anatt_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = from_timer(ctrl, t, anatt_timer);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index f1e5c7564cae6d..72bcd7e5716e53 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -776,6 +776,7 @@ void nvme_mpath_add_disk(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_id_ns *id);
 void nvme_mpath_remove_disk(struct nvme_ns_head *head);
 int nvme_mpath_init_identify(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_id_ctrl *id);
 void nvme_mpath_init_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
+void nvme_mpath_update(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_mpath_uninit(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_mpath_stop(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 bool nvme_mpath_clear_current_path(struct nvme_ns *ns);
@@ -850,6 +851,9 @@ static inline int nvme_mpath_init_identify(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 "Please enable CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH for full support of multi-port devices.\n");
 	return 0;
 }
+static inline void nvme_mpath_update(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
+{
+}
 static inline void nvme_mpath_uninit(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
 }