diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
index 5602387..2318d12 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
@@ -2074,20 +2074,10 @@ nvme_fc_timeout(struct request *rq, bool reserved)
 {
 	struct nvme_fc_fcp_op *op = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(rq);
 	struct nvme_fc_ctrl *ctrl = op->ctrl;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (ctrl->rport->remoteport.port_state != FC_OBJSTATE_ONLINE ||
-			atomic_read(&op->state) == FCPOP_STATE_ABORTED)
-		return BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER;
-
-	ret = __nvme_fc_abort_op(ctrl, op);
-	if (ret)
-		/* io wasn't active to abort */
-		return BLK_EH_NOT_HANDLED;
 
 	/*
 	 * we can't individually ABTS an io without affecting the queue,
-	 * thus killing the queue, adn thus the association.
+	 * thus killing the queue, and thus the association.
 	 * So resolve by performing a controller reset, which will stop
 	 * the host/io stack, terminate the association on the link,
 	 * and recreate an association on the link.