diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
index cef0e2d3f1a7b7..77134ca929382f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
@@ -139,13 +139,10 @@ static int mlxbf_gige_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 	control |= MLXBF_GIGE_CONTROL_PORT_EN;
 	writeq(control, priv->base + MLXBF_GIGE_CONTROL);
 
-	err = mlxbf_gige_request_irqs(priv);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
 	mlxbf_gige_cache_stats(priv);
 	err = mlxbf_gige_clean_port(priv);
 	if (err)
-		goto free_irqs;
+		return err;
 
 	/* Clear driver's valid_polarity to match hardware,
 	 * since the above call to clean_port() resets the
@@ -166,6 +163,10 @@ static int mlxbf_gige_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 	napi_enable(&priv->napi);
 	netif_start_queue(netdev);
 
+	err = mlxbf_gige_request_irqs(priv);
+	if (err)
+		goto napi_deinit;
+
 	/* Set bits in INT_EN that we care about */
 	int_en = MLXBF_GIGE_INT_EN_HW_ACCESS_ERROR |
 		 MLXBF_GIGE_INT_EN_TX_CHECKSUM_INPUTS |
@@ -182,14 +183,17 @@ static int mlxbf_gige_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	return 0;
 
+napi_deinit:
+	netif_stop_queue(netdev);
+	napi_disable(&priv->napi);
+	netif_napi_del(&priv->napi);
+	mlxbf_gige_rx_deinit(priv);
+
 tx_deinit:
 	mlxbf_gige_tx_deinit(priv);
 
 phy_deinit:
 	phy_stop(phydev);
-
-free_irqs:
-	mlxbf_gige_free_irqs(priv);
 	return err;
 }