diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
index 48939c72b592..9ba825df9be0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ int mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, int num_vfs)
 	}
 
 	if (err)
-		goto abort;
+		goto err_esw_enable;
 
 	esw->fdb_table.flags |= MLX5_ESW_FDB_CREATED;
 
@@ -1293,7 +1293,8 @@ int mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, int num_vfs)
 
 	return 0;
 
-abort:
+err_esw_enable:
+	mlx5_eq_notifier_unregister(esw->dev, &esw->nb);
 	mlx5_esw_acls_ns_cleanup(esw);
 	return err;
 }