diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index bbc3efef5027..99b5152482fe 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_cleanup_cmd);
 blk_status_t nvme_setup_cmd(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct request *req,
 		struct nvme_command *cmd)
 {
+	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = nvme_req(req)->ctrl;
 	blk_status_t ret = BLK_STS_OK;
 
 	nvme_clear_nvme_request(req);
@@ -877,7 +878,8 @@ blk_status_t nvme_setup_cmd(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct request *req,
 		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
 	}
 
-	nvme_req(req)->genctr++;
+	if (!(ctrl->quirks & NVME_QUIRK_SKIP_CID_GEN))
+		nvme_req(req)->genctr++;
 	cmd->common.command_id = nvme_cid(req);
 	trace_nvme_setup_cmd(req, cmd);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 8c735c55c15b..5dd1dd8021ba 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ enum nvme_quirks {
 	 * NVMe 1.3 compliance.
 	 */
 	NVME_QUIRK_NO_NS_DESC_LIST		= (1 << 15),
+
+	/*
+	 * The controller requires the command_id value be be limited, so skip
+	 * encoding the generation sequence number.
+	 */
+	NVME_QUIRK_SKIP_CID_GEN			= (1 << 17),
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 09767a805492..d79abb88a0c6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -3259,7 +3259,8 @@ static const struct pci_device_id nvme_id_table[] = {
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLE, 0x2005),
 		.driver_data = NVME_QUIRK_SINGLE_VECTOR |
 				NVME_QUIRK_128_BYTES_SQES |
-				NVME_QUIRK_SHARED_TAGS },
+				NVME_QUIRK_SHARED_TAGS |
+				NVME_QUIRK_SKIP_CID_GEN },
 
 	{ PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(PCI_CLASS_STORAGE_EXPRESS, 0xffffff) },
 	{ 0, }