diff --git a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
index 8dd9cb2ccb..7dea64b72e 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
+++ b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
@@ -4188,16 +4188,6 @@ static uint16_t nvme_rpt_empty_id_struct(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeRequest *req)
     return nvme_c2h(n, id, sizeof(id), req);
 }
 
-static inline bool nvme_csi_has_nvm_support(NvmeNamespace *ns)
-{
-    switch (ns->csi) {
-    case NVME_CSI_NVM:
-    case NVME_CSI_ZONED:
-        return true;
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
 static uint16_t nvme_identify_ctrl(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeRequest *req)
 {
     trace_pci_nvme_identify_ctrl();
@@ -4254,7 +4244,7 @@ static uint16_t nvme_identify_ns(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeRequest *req, bool active)
         }
     }
 
-    if (c->csi == NVME_CSI_NVM && nvme_csi_has_nvm_support(ns)) {
+    if (active || ns->csi == NVME_CSI_NVM) {
         return nvme_c2h(n, (uint8_t *)&ns->id_ns, sizeof(NvmeIdNs), req);
     }
 
@@ -4325,7 +4315,7 @@ static uint16_t nvme_identify_ns_csi(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeRequest *req,
         }
     }
 
-    if (c->csi == NVME_CSI_NVM && nvme_csi_has_nvm_support(ns)) {
+    if (c->csi == NVME_CSI_NVM) {
         return nvme_rpt_empty_id_struct(n, req);
     } else if (c->csi == NVME_CSI_ZONED && ns->csi == NVME_CSI_ZONED) {
         return nvme_c2h(n, (uint8_t *)ns->id_ns_zoned, sizeof(NvmeIdNsZoned),