diff --git a/block/nvme.c b/block/nvme.c
index 96b3f8f2fa..0a0a0a6b36 100644
--- a/block/nvme.c
+++ b/block/nvme.c
@@ -417,9 +417,10 @@ static bool nvme_process_completion(NVMeQueuePair *q)
             q->cq_phase = !q->cq_phase;
         }
         cid = le16_to_cpu(c->cid);
-        if (cid == 0 || cid > NVME_QUEUE_SIZE) {
-            warn_report("NVMe: Unexpected CID in completion queue: %"PRIu32", "
-                        "queue size: %u", cid, NVME_QUEUE_SIZE);
+        if (cid == 0 || cid > NVME_NUM_REQS) {
+            warn_report("NVMe: Unexpected CID in completion queue: %" PRIu32
+                        ", should be within: 1..%u inclusively", cid,
+                        NVME_NUM_REQS);
             continue;
         }
         trace_nvme_complete_command(s, q->index, cid);