diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
index 1c35d721a31d7..fe698c79616c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ void mlx5_core_eq_free_irqs(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	struct mlx5_eq_table *table = dev->priv.eq_table;
 
 	mutex_lock(&table->lock); /* sync with create/destroy_async_eq */
-	mlx5_irq_table_destroy(dev);
+	mlx5_irq_table_free_irqs(dev);
 	mutex_unlock(&table->lock);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_irq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_irq.h
index efd0c299c5c73..aa403a5ea34ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_irq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_irq.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ int mlx5_irq_table_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 void mlx5_irq_table_cleanup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 int mlx5_irq_table_create(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 void mlx5_irq_table_destroy(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
+void mlx5_irq_table_free_irqs(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 int mlx5_irq_table_get_num_comp(struct mlx5_irq_table *table);
 int mlx5_irq_table_get_sfs_vec(struct mlx5_irq_table *table);
 struct mlx5_irq_table *mlx5_irq_table_get(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
index 2245d3b2f393b..ac1304c2d2059 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
@@ -691,6 +691,24 @@ static void irq_pools_destroy(struct mlx5_irq_table *table)
 	irq_pool_free(table->pcif_pool);
 }
 
+static void mlx5_irq_pool_free_irqs(struct mlx5_irq_pool *pool)
+{
+	struct mlx5_irq *irq;
+	unsigned long index;
+
+	xa_for_each(&pool->irqs, index, irq)
+		free_irq(irq->map.virq, &irq->nh);
+}
+
+static void mlx5_irq_pools_free_irqs(struct mlx5_irq_table *table)
+{
+	if (table->sf_ctrl_pool) {
+		mlx5_irq_pool_free_irqs(table->sf_comp_pool);
+		mlx5_irq_pool_free_irqs(table->sf_ctrl_pool);
+	}
+	mlx5_irq_pool_free_irqs(table->pcif_pool);
+}
+
 /* irq_table API */
 
 int mlx5_irq_table_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
@@ -774,6 +792,17 @@ void mlx5_irq_table_destroy(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	pci_free_irq_vectors(dev->pdev);
 }
 
+void mlx5_irq_table_free_irqs(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct mlx5_irq_table *table = dev->priv.irq_table;
+
+	if (mlx5_core_is_sf(dev))
+		return;
+
+	mlx5_irq_pools_free_irqs(table);
+	pci_free_irq_vectors(dev->pdev);
+}
+
 int mlx5_irq_table_get_sfs_vec(struct mlx5_irq_table *table)
 {
 	if (table->sf_comp_pool)