diff --git a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
index 76fe039704..2860a9bed1 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
+++ b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
@@ -8466,36 +8466,26 @@ static void nvme_pci_reset(DeviceState *qdev)
     nvme_ctrl_reset(n, NVME_RESET_FUNCTION);
 }
 
-static void nvme_sriov_pre_write_ctrl(PCIDevice *dev, uint32_t address,
-                                      uint32_t val, int len)
+static void nvme_sriov_post_write_config(PCIDevice *dev, uint16_t old_num_vfs)
 {
     NvmeCtrl *n = NVME(dev);
     NvmeSecCtrlEntry *sctrl;
-    uint16_t sriov_cap = dev->exp.sriov_cap;
-    uint32_t off = address - sriov_cap;
-    int i, num_vfs;
+    int i;
 
-    if (!sriov_cap) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (range_covers_byte(off, len, PCI_SRIOV_CTRL)) {
-        if (!(val & PCI_SRIOV_CTRL_VFE)) {
-            num_vfs = pci_get_word(dev->config + sriov_cap + PCI_SRIOV_NUM_VF);
-            for (i = 0; i < num_vfs; i++) {
-                sctrl = &n->sec_ctrl_list.sec[i];
-                nvme_virt_set_state(n, le16_to_cpu(sctrl->scid), false);
-            }
-        }
+    for (i = pcie_sriov_num_vfs(dev); i < old_num_vfs; i++) {
+        sctrl = &n->sec_ctrl_list.sec[i];
+        nvme_virt_set_state(n, le16_to_cpu(sctrl->scid), false);
     }
 }
 
 static void nvme_pci_write_config(PCIDevice *dev, uint32_t address,
                                   uint32_t val, int len)
 {
-    nvme_sriov_pre_write_ctrl(dev, address, val, len);
+    uint16_t old_num_vfs = pcie_sriov_num_vfs(dev);
+
     pci_default_write_config(dev, address, val, len);
     pcie_cap_flr_write_config(dev, address, val, len);
+    nvme_sriov_post_write_config(dev, old_num_vfs);
 }
 
 static const VMStateDescription nvme_vmstate = {