diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
index e94f0c4d74a724fb621cd102780e56e62ae87292..a99fe4b02b9b10075f6f6269c0855074c85d0647 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ int mlx5_devlink_register(struct devlink *devlink, struct device *dev)
 		goto params_reg_err;
 	mlx5_devlink_set_params_init_values(devlink);
 	devlink_params_publish(devlink);
-	devlink_reload_enable(devlink);
 	return 0;
 
 params_reg_err:
@@ -293,7 +292,6 @@ int mlx5_devlink_register(struct devlink *devlink, struct device *dev)
 
 void mlx5_devlink_unregister(struct devlink *devlink)
 {
-	devlink_reload_disable(devlink);
 	devlink_params_unregister(devlink, mlx5_devlink_params,
 				  ARRAY_SIZE(mlx5_devlink_params));
 	devlink_unregister(devlink);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 18d6c3752abe8933403b5d82cbb16992ce1634ab..2729afc13ab48d24f69a63e2565955c9cef7873c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -1367,6 +1367,7 @@ 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);
 	return 0;
 
 err_load_one:
@@ -1384,6 +1385,7 @@ static void remove_one(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *dev  = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct devlink *devlink = priv_to_devlink(dev);
 
+	devlink_reload_disable(devlink);
 	mlx5_crdump_disable(dev);
 	mlx5_devlink_unregister(devlink);