diff --git a/block/nvme.c b/block/nvme.c
index 3c834da8fec..e517c7539ff 100644
--- a/block/nvme.c
+++ b/block/nvme.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ enum {
 struct BDRVNVMeState {
     AioContext *aio_context;
     QEMUVFIOState *vfio;
-    NVMeRegs *regs;
     /* Memory mapped registers */
     volatile struct {
         uint32_t sq_tail;
@@ -695,6 +694,7 @@ static int nvme_init(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *device, int namespace,
     uint64_t timeout_ms;
     uint64_t deadline, now;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
+    NVMeRegs *regs;
 
     qemu_co_mutex_init(&s->dma_map_lock);
     qemu_co_queue_init(&s->dma_flush_queue);
@@ -713,16 +713,16 @@ static int nvme_init(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *device, int namespace,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    s->regs = qemu_vfio_pci_map_bar(s->vfio, 0, 0, sizeof(NvmeBar),
-                                    PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, errp);
-    if (!s->regs) {
+    regs = qemu_vfio_pci_map_bar(s->vfio, 0, 0, sizeof(NvmeBar),
+                                 PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, errp);
+    if (!regs) {
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto out;
     }
     /* Perform initialize sequence as described in NVMe spec "7.6.1
      * Initialization". */
 
-    cap = le64_to_cpu(s->regs->ctrl.cap);
+    cap = le64_to_cpu(regs->ctrl.cap);
     if (!(cap & (1ULL << 37))) {
         error_setg(errp, "Device doesn't support NVMe command set");
         ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -735,10 +735,10 @@ static int nvme_init(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *device, int namespace,
     timeout_ms = MIN(500 * ((cap >> 24) & 0xFF), 30000);
 
     /* Reset device to get a clean state. */
-    s->regs->ctrl.cc = cpu_to_le32(le32_to_cpu(s->regs->ctrl.cc) & 0xFE);
+    regs->ctrl.cc = cpu_to_le32(le32_to_cpu(regs->ctrl.cc) & 0xFE);
     /* Wait for CSTS.RDY = 0. */
     deadline = qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME) + timeout_ms * SCALE_MS;
-    while (le32_to_cpu(s->regs->ctrl.csts) & 0x1) {
+    while (le32_to_cpu(regs->ctrl.csts) & 0x1) {
         if (qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME) > deadline) {
             error_setg(errp, "Timeout while waiting for device to reset (%"
                              PRId64 " ms)",
@@ -766,18 +766,18 @@ static int nvme_init(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *device, int namespace,
     }
     s->nr_queues = 1;
     QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(NVME_QUEUE_SIZE & 0xF000);
-    s->regs->ctrl.aqa = cpu_to_le32((NVME_QUEUE_SIZE << 16) | NVME_QUEUE_SIZE);
-    s->regs->ctrl.asq = cpu_to_le64(s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN]->sq.iova);
-    s->regs->ctrl.acq = cpu_to_le64(s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN]->cq.iova);
+    regs->ctrl.aqa = cpu_to_le32((NVME_QUEUE_SIZE << 16) | NVME_QUEUE_SIZE);
+    regs->ctrl.asq = cpu_to_le64(s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN]->sq.iova);
+    regs->ctrl.acq = cpu_to_le64(s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN]->cq.iova);
 
     /* After setting up all control registers we can enable device now. */
-    s->regs->ctrl.cc = cpu_to_le32((ctz32(NVME_CQ_ENTRY_BYTES) << 20) |
+    regs->ctrl.cc = cpu_to_le32((ctz32(NVME_CQ_ENTRY_BYTES) << 20) |
                               (ctz32(NVME_SQ_ENTRY_BYTES) << 16) |
                               0x1);
     /* Wait for CSTS.RDY = 1. */
     now = qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME);
     deadline = now + timeout_ms * 1000000;
-    while (!(le32_to_cpu(s->regs->ctrl.csts) & 0x1)) {
+    while (!(le32_to_cpu(regs->ctrl.csts) & 0x1)) {
         if (qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME) > deadline) {
             error_setg(errp, "Timeout while waiting for device to start (%"
                              PRId64 " ms)",
@@ -808,6 +808,10 @@ static int nvme_init(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *device, int namespace,
         ret = -EIO;
     }
 out:
+    if (regs) {
+        qemu_vfio_pci_unmap_bar(s->vfio, 0, (void *)regs, 0, sizeof(NvmeBar));
+    }
+
     /* Cleaning up is done in nvme_file_open() upon error. */
     return ret;
 }
@@ -882,7 +886,6 @@ static void nvme_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     event_notifier_cleanup(&s->irq_notifier[MSIX_SHARED_IRQ_IDX]);
     qemu_vfio_pci_unmap_bar(s->vfio, 0, (void *)s->doorbells,
                             sizeof(NvmeBar), NVME_DOORBELL_SIZE);
-    qemu_vfio_pci_unmap_bar(s->vfio, 0, (void *)s->regs, 0, sizeof(NvmeBar));
     qemu_vfio_close(s->vfio);
 
     g_free(s->device);
