diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 99b857e5a7a9..b9ca782fe82d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -1447,8 +1447,8 @@ static void __nvme_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk, struct nvme_id_ns *id)
 	if (ns->lba_shift == 0)
 		ns->lba_shift = 9;
 	ns->noiob = le16_to_cpu(id->noiob);
-	ns->ext = ns->ms && (id->flbas & NVME_NS_FLBAS_META_EXT);
 	ns->ms = le16_to_cpu(id->lbaf[id->flbas & NVME_NS_FLBAS_LBA_MASK].ms);
+	ns->ext = ns->ms && (id->flbas & NVME_NS_FLBAS_META_EXT);
 	/* the PI implementation requires metadata equal t10 pi tuple size */
 	if (ns->ms == sizeof(struct t10_pi_tuple))
 		ns->pi_type = id->dps & NVME_NS_DPS_PI_MASK;