diff --git a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_qpair.c b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
--- a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
+++ b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
@@ -675,30 +675,6 @@
 	qpair->num_trackers = num_trackers;
 	qpair->ctrlr = ctrlr;
 
-	if (ctrlr->msix_enabled) {
-		/*
-		 * MSI-X vector resource IDs start at 1, so we add one to
-		 *  the queue's vector to get the corresponding rid to use.
-		 */
-		qpair->rid = qpair->vector + 1;
-
-		qpair->res = bus_alloc_resource_any(ctrlr->dev, SYS_RES_IRQ,
-		    &qpair->rid, RF_ACTIVE);
-		if (bus_setup_intr(ctrlr->dev, qpair->res,
-		    INTR_TYPE_MISC | INTR_MPSAFE, NULL,
-		    nvme_qpair_msix_handler, qpair, &qpair->tag) != 0) {
-			nvme_printf(ctrlr, "unable to setup intx handler\n");
-			goto out;
-		}
-		if (qpair->id == 0) {
-			bus_describe_intr(ctrlr->dev, qpair->res, qpair->tag,
-			    "admin");
-		} else {
-			bus_describe_intr(ctrlr->dev, qpair->res, qpair->tag,
-			    "io%d", qpair->id - 1);
-		}
-	}
-
 	mtx_init(&qpair->lock, "nvme qpair lock", NULL, MTX_DEF);
 
 	/* Note: NVMe PRP format is restricted to 4-byte alignment. */
@@ -818,6 +794,31 @@
 	qpair->act_tr = malloc_domainset(sizeof(struct nvme_tracker *) *
 	    qpair->num_entries, M_NVME, DOMAINSET_PREF(qpair->domain),
 	    M_ZERO | M_WAITOK);
+
+	if (ctrlr->msix_enabled) {
+		/*
+		 * MSI-X vector resource IDs start at 1, so we add one to
+		 *  the queue's vector to get the corresponding rid to use.
+		 */
+		qpair->rid = qpair->vector + 1;
+
+		qpair->res = bus_alloc_resource_any(ctrlr->dev, SYS_RES_IRQ,
+		    &qpair->rid, RF_ACTIVE);
+		if (bus_setup_intr(ctrlr->dev, qpair->res,
+		    INTR_TYPE_MISC | INTR_MPSAFE, NULL,
+		    nvme_qpair_msix_handler, qpair, &qpair->tag) != 0) {
+			nvme_printf(ctrlr, "unable to setup intx handler\n");
+			goto out;
+		}
+		if (qpair->id == 0) {
+			bus_describe_intr(ctrlr->dev, qpair->res, qpair->tag,
+			    "admin");
+		} else {
+			bus_describe_intr(ctrlr->dev, qpair->res, qpair->tag,
+			    "io%d", qpair->id - 1);
+		}
+	}
+
 	return (0);
 
 out: