diff --git a/sys/conf/options b/sys/conf/options
--- a/sys/conf/options
+++ b/sys/conf/options
@@ -999,7 +999,6 @@
 
 # NVME options
 NVME_USE_NVD	opt_nvme.h
-NVME_2X_RESET	opt_nvme.h
 
 # amdsbwd options
 AMDSBWD_DEBUG	opt_amdsbwd.h
diff --git a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
--- a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
+++ b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
@@ -1145,18 +1145,6 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
-#ifdef NVME_2X_RESET
-	/*
-	 * Reset controller twice to ensure we do a transition from cc.en==1 to
-	 * cc.en==0.  This is because we don't really know what status the
-	 * controller was left in when boot handed off to OS.  Linux doesn't do
-	 * this, however, and when the controller is in state cc.en == 0, no
-	 * I/O can happen.
-	 */
-	if (nvme_ctrlr_hw_reset(ctrlr) != 0)
-		goto fail;
-#endif
-
 	nvme_qpair_reset(&ctrlr->adminq);
 	nvme_admin_qpair_enable(&ctrlr->adminq);