diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
index 7b0e2c9cdcae..114b490592b0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
@@ -556,6 +556,19 @@ long nvme_ns_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	return __nvme_ioctl(ns, cmd, (void __user *)arg);
 }
 
+static int nvme_uring_cmd_checks(unsigned int issue_flags)
+{
+	/* IOPOLL not supported yet */
+	if (issue_flags & IO_URING_F_IOPOLL)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	/* NVMe passthrough requires big SQE/CQE support */
+	if ((issue_flags & (IO_URING_F_SQE128|IO_URING_F_CQE32)) !=
+	    (IO_URING_F_SQE128|IO_URING_F_CQE32))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int nvme_ns_uring_cmd(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct io_uring_cmd *ioucmd,
 			     unsigned int issue_flags)
 {
@@ -564,14 +577,9 @@ static int nvme_ns_uring_cmd(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct io_uring_cmd *ioucmd,
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct nvme_uring_cmd_pdu) > sizeof(ioucmd->pdu));
 
-	/* IOPOLL not supported yet */
-	if (issue_flags & IO_URING_F_IOPOLL)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
-	/* NVMe passthrough requires bit SQE/CQE support */
-	if ((issue_flags & (IO_URING_F_SQE128|IO_URING_F_CQE32)) !=
-	    (IO_URING_F_SQE128|IO_URING_F_CQE32))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	ret = nvme_uring_cmd_checks(issue_flags);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	switch (ioucmd->cmd_op) {
 	case NVME_URING_CMD_IO: