diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index e455a2f31f07..8246b6285d5a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -1380,7 +1380,8 @@ static int init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "mlx5_crdump_enable failed with error code %d\n", err);
 
 	pci_save_state(pdev);
-	devlink_reload_enable(devlink);
+	if (!mlx5_core_is_mp_slave(dev))
+		devlink_reload_enable(devlink);
 	return 0;
 
 err_load_one: