diff --git a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
index c916c7a933a8..f2a687953dc1 100644
--- a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
+++ b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
@@ -519,12 +519,12 @@ nvme_ctrlr_destroy_qpair(struct nvme_controller *ctrlr, struct nvme_qpair *qpair
 	struct nvme_completion_poll_status	status;
 
 	status.done = 0;
-	nvme_ctrlr_cmd_delete_io_sq(qpair->ctrlr, qpair,
+	nvme_ctrlr_cmd_delete_io_sq(ctrlr, qpair,
 	    nvme_completion_poll_cb, &status);
 	while (!atomic_load_acq_int(&status.done))
 		pause("nvme", 1);
 	if (nvme_completion_is_error(&status.cpl)) {
-		nvme_printf(ctrlr, "nvme_create_io_sq failed!\n");
+		nvme_printf(ctrlr, "nvme_destroy_io_sq failed!\n");
 		return (ENXIO);
 	}
 
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ nvme_ctrlr_destroy_qpair(struct nvme_controller *ctrlr, struct nvme_qpair *qpair
 	while (!atomic_load_acq_int(&status.done))
 		pause("nvme", 1);
 	if (nvme_completion_is_error(&status.cpl)) {
-		nvme_printf(ctrlr, "nvme_create_io_cq failed!\n");
+		nvme_printf(ctrlr, "nvme_destroy_io_cq failed!\n");
 		return (ENXIO);
 	}