diff --git a/sled-hardware/src/illumos/mod.rs b/sled-hardware/src/illumos/mod.rs
index 40d7e6aad5c..992aaee0136 100644
--- a/sled-hardware/src/illumos/mod.rs
+++ b/sled-hardware/src/illumos/mod.rs
@@ -540,31 +540,10 @@ fn poll_blkdev_node(
         return Err(Error::UnrecognizedSlot { slot });
     };
 
-    let nvme = Nvme::new()?;
-    let controller = Controller::init_by_instance(&nvme, nvme_instance)?;
-    let controller_lock = match controller.try_read_lock() {
-        libnvme::controller::TryLockResult::Ok(locked) => locked,
-        // We should only hit this if something in the system has locked the
-        // controller in question for writing.
-        libnvme::controller::TryLockResult::Locked(_) => {
-            warn!(
-                log,
-                "NVMe Controller is already locked so we will try again
-                in the next hardware snapshot"
-            );
-            return Err(Error::NvmeControllerLocked);
-        }
-        libnvme::controller::TryLockResult::Err(err) => {
-            return Err(Error::from(err))
-        }
-    };
-    let firmware_log_page = controller_lock.get_firmware_log_page()?;
-    let firmware = DiskFirmware::new(
-        firmware_log_page.active_slot,
-        firmware_log_page.next_active_slot,
-        firmware_log_page.slot1_is_read_only,
-        firmware_log_page.slot_iter().map(|s| s.map(str::to_string)).collect(),
-    );
+    // XXX See https://github.com/oxidecomputer/meta/issues/443
+    // Temporarily providing static data until the issue is resolved.
+    let firmware =
+        DiskFirmware::new(1, None, true, vec![Some("meta-443".to_string())]);
 
     let disk = UnparsedDisk::new(
         Utf8PathBuf::from(&devfs_path),