diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index 260248fbb8fe..a11e210d173e 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ module_param(multipath, bool, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(multipath,
 	"turn on native support for multiple controllers per subsystem");
 
-inline bool nvme_ctrl_use_ana(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
-{
-	return multipath && ctrl->subsys && (ctrl->subsys->cmic & (1 << 3));
-}
-
 /*
  * If multipathing is enabled we need to always use the subsystem instance
  * number for numbering our devices to avoid conflicts between subsystems that
@@ -516,7 +511,8 @@ int nvme_mpath_init(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_id_ctrl *id)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	if (!nvme_ctrl_use_ana(ctrl))
+	/* check if multipath is enabled and we have the capability */
+	if (!multipath || !ctrl->subsys || !(ctrl->subsys->cmic & (1 << 3)))
 		return 0;
 
 	ctrl->anacap = id->anacap;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index e82cdaec81c9..d5e29b57eb34 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -464,7 +464,11 @@ extern const struct attribute_group nvme_ns_id_attr_group;
 extern const struct block_device_operations nvme_ns_head_ops;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH
-bool nvme_ctrl_use_ana(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
+static inline bool nvme_ctrl_use_ana(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
+{
+	return ctrl->ana_log_buf != NULL;
+}
+
 void nvme_set_disk_name(char *disk_name, struct nvme_ns *ns,
 			struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, int *flags);
 void nvme_failover_req(struct request *req);