diff --git a/block/nvme.c b/block/nvme.c
index ca8b039f4f0..488d4ddb3b8 100644
--- a/block/nvme.c
+++ b/block/nvme.c
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ typedef volatile struct {
 
 QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(NVMeRegs, doorbells) != 0x1000);
 
+#define INDEX_ADMIN     0
+#define INDEX_IO(n)     (1 + n)
+
 struct BDRVNVMeState {
     AioContext *aio_context;
     QEMUVFIOState *vfio;
@@ -531,7 +534,7 @@ static void nvme_identify(BlockDriverState *bs, int namespace, Error **errp)
     }
     cmd.dptr.prp1 = cpu_to_le64(iova);
 
-    if (nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[0], &cmd)) {
+    if (nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN], &cmd)) {
         error_setg(errp, "Failed to identify controller");
         goto out;
     }
@@ -555,7 +558,7 @@ static void nvme_identify(BlockDriverState *bs, int namespace, Error **errp)
 
     cmd.cdw10 = 0;
     cmd.nsid = cpu_to_le32(namespace);
-    if (nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[0], &cmd)) {
+    if (nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN], &cmd)) {
         error_setg(errp, "Failed to identify namespace");
         goto out;
     }
@@ -644,7 +647,7 @@ static bool nvme_add_io_queue(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
         .cdw10 = cpu_to_le32(((queue_size - 1) << 16) | (n & 0xFFFF)),
         .cdw11 = cpu_to_le32(0x3),
     };
-    if (nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[0], &cmd)) {
+    if (nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN], &cmd)) {
         error_setg(errp, "Failed to create io queue [%d]", n);
         nvme_free_queue_pair(q);
         return false;
@@ -655,7 +658,7 @@ static bool nvme_add_io_queue(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
         .cdw10 = cpu_to_le32(((queue_size - 1) << 16) | (n & 0xFFFF)),
         .cdw11 = cpu_to_le32(0x1 | (n << 16)),
     };
-    if (nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[0], &cmd)) {
+    if (nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN], &cmd)) {
         error_setg(errp, "Failed to create io queue [%d]", n);
         nvme_free_queue_pair(q);
         return false;
@@ -739,16 +742,18 @@ static int nvme_init(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *device, int namespace,
 
     /* Set up admin queue. */
     s->queues = g_new(NVMeQueuePair *, 1);
-    s->queues[0] = nvme_create_queue_pair(bs, 0, NVME_QUEUE_SIZE, errp);
-    if (!s->queues[0]) {
+    s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN] = nvme_create_queue_pair(bs, 0,
+                                                          NVME_QUEUE_SIZE,
+                                                          errp);
+    if (!s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN]) {
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto out;
     }
     s->nr_queues = 1;
     QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(NVME_QUEUE_SIZE & 0xF000);
     s->regs->aqa = cpu_to_le32((NVME_QUEUE_SIZE << 16) | NVME_QUEUE_SIZE);
-    s->regs->asq = cpu_to_le64(s->queues[0]->sq.iova);
-    s->regs->acq = cpu_to_le64(s->queues[0]->cq.iova);
+    s->regs->asq = cpu_to_le64(s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN]->sq.iova);
+    s->regs->acq = cpu_to_le64(s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN]->cq.iova);
 
     /* After setting up all control registers we can enable device now. */
     s->regs->cc = cpu_to_le32((ctz32(NVME_CQ_ENTRY_BYTES) << 20) |
@@ -839,7 +844,7 @@ static int nvme_enable_disable_write_cache(BlockDriverState *bs, bool enable,
         .cdw11 = cpu_to_le32(enable ? 0x01 : 0x00),
     };
 
-    ret = nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[0], &cmd);
+    ret = nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN], &cmd);
     if (ret) {
         error_setg(errp, "Failed to configure NVMe write cache");
     }
@@ -1056,7 +1061,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int nvme_co_prw_aligned(BlockDriverState *bs,
 {
     int r;
     BDRVNVMeState *s = bs->opaque;
-    NVMeQueuePair *ioq = s->queues[1];
+    NVMeQueuePair *ioq = s->queues[INDEX_IO(0)];
     NVMeRequest *req;
 
     uint32_t cdw12 = (((bytes >> s->blkshift) - 1) & 0xFFFF) |
@@ -1171,7 +1176,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int nvme_co_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs,
 static coroutine_fn int nvme_co_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
     BDRVNVMeState *s = bs->opaque;
-    NVMeQueuePair *ioq = s->queues[1];
+    NVMeQueuePair *ioq = s->queues[INDEX_IO(0)];
     NVMeRequest *req;
     NvmeCmd cmd = {
         .opcode = NVME_CMD_FLUSH,
@@ -1202,7 +1207,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int nvme_co_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                               BdrvRequestFlags flags)
 {
     BDRVNVMeState *s = bs->opaque;
-    NVMeQueuePair *ioq = s->queues[1];
+    NVMeQueuePair *ioq = s->queues[INDEX_IO(0)];
     NVMeRequest *req;
 
     uint32_t cdw12 = ((bytes >> s->blkshift) - 1) & 0xFFFF;
@@ -1255,7 +1260,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn nvme_co_pdiscard(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                          int bytes)
 {
     BDRVNVMeState *s = bs->opaque;
-    NVMeQueuePair *ioq = s->queues[1];
+    NVMeQueuePair *ioq = s->queues[INDEX_IO(0)];
     NVMeRequest *req;
     NvmeDsmRange *buf;
     QEMUIOVector local_qiov;
@@ -1398,7 +1403,7 @@ static void nvme_aio_unplug(BlockDriverState *bs)
     BDRVNVMeState *s = bs->opaque;
     assert(s->plugged);
     s->plugged = false;
-    for (i = 1; i < s->nr_queues; i++) {
+    for (i = INDEX_IO(0); i < s->nr_queues; i++) {
         NVMeQueuePair *q = s->queues[i];
         qemu_mutex_lock(&q->lock);
         nvme_kick(q);
