diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c
index 02e77ffe5c3e4f..5371ad0a12eb56 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c
@@ -164,13 +164,14 @@ int mlx5_core_destroy_cq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq)
 	MLX5_SET(destroy_cq_in, in, cqn, cq->cqn);
 	MLX5_SET(destroy_cq_in, in, uid, cq->uid);
 	err = mlx5_cmd_exec_in(dev, destroy_cq, in);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	synchronize_irq(cq->irqn);
-
 	mlx5_cq_put(cq);
 	wait_for_completion(&cq->free);
 
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mlx5_core_destroy_cq);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/debugfs.c
index 07c8d9811bc811..10d195042ab554 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/debugfs.c
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ void mlx5_debug_cq_remove(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq)
 	if (!mlx5_debugfs_root)
 		return;
 
-	if (cq->dbg)
+	if (cq->dbg) {
 		rem_res_tree(cq->dbg);
+		cq->dbg = NULL;
+	}
 }