diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
index f3d1f9411d104..aa4fef7890841 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
@@ -1401,23 +1401,12 @@ static int mlxsw_pci_init(void *bus_priv, struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core,
 	u16 num_pages;
 	int err;
 
-	mutex_init(&mlxsw_pci->cmd.lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&mlxsw_pci->cmd.wait);
-
 	mlxsw_pci->core = mlxsw_core;
 
 	mbox = mlxsw_cmd_mbox_alloc();
 	if (!mbox)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = mlxsw_pci_mbox_alloc(mlxsw_pci, &mlxsw_pci->cmd.in_mbox);
-	if (err)
-		goto mbox_put;
-
-	err = mlxsw_pci_mbox_alloc(mlxsw_pci, &mlxsw_pci->cmd.out_mbox);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_out_mbox_alloc;
-
 	err = mlxsw_pci_sw_reset(mlxsw_pci, mlxsw_pci->id);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_sw_reset;
@@ -1524,9 +1513,6 @@ static int mlxsw_pci_init(void *bus_priv, struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core,
 	mlxsw_pci_free_irq_vectors(mlxsw_pci);
 err_alloc_irq:
 err_sw_reset:
-	mlxsw_pci_mbox_free(mlxsw_pci, &mlxsw_pci->cmd.out_mbox);
-err_out_mbox_alloc:
-	mlxsw_pci_mbox_free(mlxsw_pci, &mlxsw_pci->cmd.in_mbox);
 mbox_put:
 	mlxsw_cmd_mbox_free(mbox);
 	return err;
@@ -1540,8 +1526,6 @@ static void mlxsw_pci_fini(void *bus_priv)
 	mlxsw_pci_aqs_fini(mlxsw_pci);
 	mlxsw_pci_fw_area_fini(mlxsw_pci);
 	mlxsw_pci_free_irq_vectors(mlxsw_pci);
-	mlxsw_pci_mbox_free(mlxsw_pci, &mlxsw_pci->cmd.out_mbox);
-	mlxsw_pci_mbox_free(mlxsw_pci, &mlxsw_pci->cmd.in_mbox);
 }
 
 static struct mlxsw_pci_queue *
@@ -1755,6 +1739,37 @@ static const struct mlxsw_bus mlxsw_pci_bus = {
 	.features		= MLXSW_BUS_F_TXRX | MLXSW_BUS_F_RESET,
 };
 
+static int mlxsw_pci_cmd_init(struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	mutex_init(&mlxsw_pci->cmd.lock);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&mlxsw_pci->cmd.wait);
+
+	err = mlxsw_pci_mbox_alloc(mlxsw_pci, &mlxsw_pci->cmd.in_mbox);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_in_mbox_alloc;
+
+	err = mlxsw_pci_mbox_alloc(mlxsw_pci, &mlxsw_pci->cmd.out_mbox);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out_mbox_alloc;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_out_mbox_alloc:
+	mlxsw_pci_mbox_free(mlxsw_pci, &mlxsw_pci->cmd.in_mbox);
+err_in_mbox_alloc:
+	mutex_destroy(&mlxsw_pci->cmd.lock);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void mlxsw_pci_cmd_fini(struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci)
+{
+	mlxsw_pci_mbox_free(mlxsw_pci, &mlxsw_pci->cmd.out_mbox);
+	mlxsw_pci_mbox_free(mlxsw_pci, &mlxsw_pci->cmd.in_mbox);
+	mutex_destroy(&mlxsw_pci->cmd.lock);
+}
+
 static int mlxsw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 {
 	const char *driver_name = pdev->driver->name;
@@ -1810,6 +1825,10 @@ static int mlxsw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	mlxsw_pci->pdev = pdev;
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, mlxsw_pci);
 
+	err = mlxsw_pci_cmd_init(mlxsw_pci);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_pci_cmd_init;
+
 	mlxsw_pci->bus_info.device_kind = driver_name;
 	mlxsw_pci->bus_info.device_name = pci_name(mlxsw_pci->pdev);
 	mlxsw_pci->bus_info.dev = &pdev->dev;
@@ -1827,6 +1846,8 @@ static int mlxsw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	return 0;
 
 err_bus_device_register:
+	mlxsw_pci_cmd_fini(mlxsw_pci);
+err_pci_cmd_init:
 	iounmap(mlxsw_pci->hw_addr);
 err_ioremap:
 err_pci_resource_len_check:
@@ -1844,6 +1865,7 @@ static void mlxsw_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
 	mlxsw_core_bus_device_unregister(mlxsw_pci->core, false);
+	mlxsw_pci_cmd_fini(mlxsw_pci);
 	iounmap(mlxsw_pci->hw_addr);
 	pci_release_regions(mlxsw_pci->pdev);
 	pci_disable_device(mlxsw_pci->pdev);