diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 2e333c98636b5aa906e080140161a552c13e63dc..e34644d15aa4769b4a57e29998dc4205d1f164e2 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ enum nvme_disposition {
 	COMPLETE,
 	RETRY,
 	FAILOVER,
+	FAILUP,
 };
 
 static inline enum nvme_disposition nvme_decide_disposition(struct request *req)
@@ -330,15 +331,16 @@ static inline enum nvme_disposition nvme_decide_disposition(struct request *req)
 	if (likely(nvme_req(req)->status == 0))
 		return COMPLETE;
 
-	if (blk_noretry_request(req) ||
+	if ((req->cmd_flags & (REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)) ||
 	    (nvme_req(req)->status & NVME_SC_DNR) ||
 	    nvme_req(req)->retries >= nvme_max_retries)
 		return COMPLETE;
 
-	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_NVME_MPATH) {
+	if (req->cmd_flags & (REQ_NVME_MPATH | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT)) {
 		if (nvme_is_path_error(nvme_req(req)->status) ||
 		    blk_queue_dying(req->q))
-			return FAILOVER;
+			return (req->cmd_flags & REQ_NVME_MPATH) ?
+				FAILOVER : FAILUP;
 	} else {
 		if (blk_queue_dying(req->q))
 			return COMPLETE;
@@ -360,6 +362,12 @@ static inline void nvme_end_req(struct request *req)
 	blk_mq_end_request(req, status);
 }
 
+static inline void nvme_failup_req(struct request *req)
+{
+	nvme_req(req)->status = NVME_SC_HOST_PATH_ERROR;
+	nvme_end_req(req);
+}
+
 void nvme_complete_rq(struct request *req)
 {
 	trace_nvme_complete_rq(req);
@@ -378,6 +386,9 @@ void nvme_complete_rq(struct request *req)
 	case FAILOVER:
 		nvme_failover_req(req);
 		return;
+	case FAILUP:
+		nvme_failup_req(req);
+		return;
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_complete_rq);
