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
@@ -232,35 +232,6 @@
 	nvme_notify_fail_consumers(ctrlr);
 }
 
-void
-nvme_ctrlr_post_failed_request(struct nvme_controller *ctrlr,
-    struct nvme_request *req)
-{
-
-	mtx_lock(&ctrlr->lock);
-	STAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&ctrlr->fail_req, req, stailq);
-	mtx_unlock(&ctrlr->lock);
-	if (!ctrlr->is_dying)
-		taskqueue_enqueue(ctrlr->taskqueue, &ctrlr->fail_req_task);
-}
-
-static void
-nvme_ctrlr_fail_req_task(void *arg, int pending)
-{
-	struct nvme_controller	*ctrlr = arg;
-	struct nvme_request	*req;
-
-	mtx_lock(&ctrlr->lock);
-	while ((req = STAILQ_FIRST(&ctrlr->fail_req)) != NULL) {
-		STAILQ_REMOVE_HEAD(&ctrlr->fail_req, stailq);
-		mtx_unlock(&ctrlr->lock);
-		nvme_qpair_manual_complete_request(req->qpair, req,
-		    NVME_SCT_GENERIC, NVME_SC_ABORTED_BY_REQUEST);
-		mtx_lock(&ctrlr->lock);
-	}
-	mtx_unlock(&ctrlr->lock);
-}
-
 /*
  * Wait for RDY to change.
  *
@@ -1487,7 +1458,6 @@
 	ctrlr->is_initialized = 0;
 	ctrlr->notification_sent = 0;
 	TASK_INIT(&ctrlr->reset_task, 0, nvme_ctrlr_reset_task, ctrlr);
-	TASK_INIT(&ctrlr->fail_req_task, 0, nvme_ctrlr_fail_req_task, ctrlr);
 	STAILQ_INIT(&ctrlr->fail_req);
 	ctrlr->is_failed = false;
 
diff --git a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h
--- a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h
+++ b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@
 	uint32_t		queues_created;
 
 	struct task		reset_task;
-	struct task		fail_req_task;
 	struct taskqueue	*taskqueue;
 
 	/* For shared legacy interrupt. */
@@ -410,8 +409,6 @@
 					struct nvme_request *req);
 void	nvme_ctrlr_submit_io_request(struct nvme_controller *ctrlr,
 				     struct nvme_request *req);
-void	nvme_ctrlr_post_failed_request(struct nvme_controller *ctrlr,
-				       struct nvme_request *req);
 
 int	nvme_qpair_construct(struct nvme_qpair *qpair,
 			     uint32_t num_entries, uint32_t num_trackers,