diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 7348c5173aa976f96aed8f0d29e148bb9700054f..075e5175e7795a1244beb76a081b00c0d24c7e8c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -525,7 +525,8 @@ static int mlx5e_create_sq(struct mlx5e_channel *c,
 	sq->uar_map     = sq->uar.map;
 	sq->bf_buf_size = (1 << MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, log_bf_reg_size)) / 2;
 
-	if (mlx5e_alloc_sq_db(sq, cpu_to_node(c->cpu)))
+	err = mlx5e_alloc_sq_db(sq, cpu_to_node(c->cpu));
+	if (err)
 		goto err_sq_wq_destroy;
 
 	sq->txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(priv->netdev,