diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
index f4382296f..b62c0ef6b 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
@@ -1799,20 +1799,29 @@ nvme_ctrlr_update_namespaces(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr)
 {
 	uint32_t i, nn = ctrlr->cdata.nn;
 	struct spdk_nvme_ns_data *nsdata;
+	bool ns_is_active;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nn; i++) {
 		struct spdk_nvme_ns	*ns = &ctrlr->ns[i];
 		uint32_t		nsid = i + 1;
 
 		nsdata = &ctrlr->nsdata[nsid - 1];
+		ns_is_active = spdk_nvme_ctrlr_is_active_ns(ctrlr, nsid);
 
-		if ((nsdata->ncap == 0) && spdk_nvme_ctrlr_is_active_ns(ctrlr, nsid)) {
+		if (nsdata->ncap && ns_is_active) {
+			if (nvme_ns_update(ns) != 0) {
+				SPDK_ERRLOG("Failed to update active NS %u\n", nsid);
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ((nsdata->ncap == 0) && ns_is_active) {
 			if (nvme_ns_construct(ns, nsid, ctrlr) != 0) {
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (nsdata->ncap && !spdk_nvme_ctrlr_is_active_ns(ctrlr, nsid)) {
+		if (nsdata->ncap && !ns_is_active) {
 			nvme_ns_destruct(ns);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_internal.h b/lib/nvme/nvme_internal.h
index 2efa22e26..bb71f191b 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_internal.h
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_internal.h
@@ -901,6 +901,7 @@ void	nvme_ns_set_identify_data(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns);
 int	nvme_ns_construct(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, uint32_t id,
 			  struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr);
 void	nvme_ns_destruct(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns);
+int	nvme_ns_update(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns);
 
 int	nvme_fabric_ctrlr_set_reg_4(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr, uint32_t offset, uint32_t value);
 int	nvme_fabric_ctrlr_set_reg_8(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr, uint32_t offset, uint64_t value);
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns.c
index db756c70b..aea8662f0 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns.c
@@ -394,3 +394,8 @@ void nvme_ns_destruct(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns)
 	ns->sectors_per_stripe = 0;
 	ns->flags = 0;
 }
+
+int nvme_ns_update(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns)
+{
+	return nvme_ctrlr_identify_ns(ns);
+}
diff --git a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
index 8590b58d3..4958a4e14 100644
--- a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
+++ b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c
@@ -1120,7 +1120,12 @@ nvme_ctrlr_populate_namespaces(struct nvme_bdev_ctrlr *nvme_bdev_ctrlr,
 {
 	struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr	*ctrlr = nvme_bdev_ctrlr->ctrlr;
 	struct nvme_bdev_ns	*ns;
+	struct spdk_nvme_ns	*nvme_ns;
+	struct nvme_bdev	*bdev;
 	uint32_t		i;
+	int			rc;
+	uint64_t		num_sectors;
+	bool			ns_is_active;
 
 	if (ctx) {
 		/* Initialize this count to 1 to handle the populate functions
@@ -1133,7 +1138,28 @@ nvme_ctrlr_populate_namespaces(struct nvme_bdev_ctrlr *nvme_bdev_ctrlr,
 		uint32_t	nsid = i + 1;
 
 		ns = nvme_bdev_ctrlr->namespaces[i];
-		if (!ns->populated && spdk_nvme_ctrlr_is_active_ns(ctrlr, nsid)) {
+		ns_is_active = spdk_nvme_ctrlr_is_active_ns(ctrlr, nsid);
+
+		if (ns->populated && ns_is_active && ns->type == NVME_BDEV_NS_STANDARD) {
+			/* NS is still there but attributes may have changed */
+			nvme_ns = spdk_nvme_ctrlr_get_ns(ctrlr, nsid);
+			num_sectors = spdk_nvme_ns_get_num_sectors(nvme_ns);
+			bdev = TAILQ_FIRST(&ns->bdevs);
+			if (bdev->disk.blockcnt != num_sectors) {
+				SPDK_NOTICELOG("NSID %u is resized: bdev name %s, old size %lu, new size %lu\n",
+					       nsid,
+					       bdev->disk.name,
+					       bdev->disk.blockcnt,
+					       num_sectors);
+				rc = spdk_bdev_notify_blockcnt_change(&bdev->disk, num_sectors);
+				if (rc != 0) {
+					SPDK_ERRLOG("Could not change num blocks for nvme bdev: name %s, errno: %d.\n",
+						    bdev->disk.name, rc);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!ns->populated && ns_is_active) {
 			ns->id = nsid;
 			ns->ctrlr = nvme_bdev_ctrlr;
 			if (spdk_nvme_ctrlr_is_ocssd_supported(ctrlr)) {
@@ -1150,7 +1176,7 @@ nvme_ctrlr_populate_namespaces(struct nvme_bdev_ctrlr *nvme_bdev_ctrlr,
 			nvme_ctrlr_populate_namespace(nvme_bdev_ctrlr, ns, ctx);
 		}
 
-		if (ns->populated && !spdk_nvme_ctrlr_is_active_ns(ctrlr, nsid)) {
+		if (ns->populated && !ns_is_active) {
 			nvme_ctrlr_depopulate_namespace(nvme_bdev_ctrlr, ns);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c/nvme_ctrlr_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c/nvme_ctrlr_ut.c
index ba84c60a8..cc2a6e02b 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c/nvme_ctrlr_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c/nvme_ctrlr_ut.c
@@ -457,6 +457,12 @@ nvme_ns_construct(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, uint32_t id,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int
+nvme_ns_update(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void
 spdk_pci_device_detach(struct spdk_pci_device *device)
 {