diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index db2cfcd21d43c52445ed66438a2b41be53b3f011..0f189f87385923226966a57537b7fa643e540a98 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "en_stats.h"
 #include "en/fs.h"
 
+extern const struct net_device_ops mlx5e_netdev_ops;
 struct page_pool;
 
 #define MLX5E_METADATA_ETHER_TYPE (0x8CE4)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs.h
index bbf69e859b78c1322a9e218797114c9483a1a060..1431232c9a09ef1ddecdf1e497142f82544e4de0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ struct mlx5e_tc_table {
 
 	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(mod_hdr_tbl, 8);
 	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(hairpin_tbl, 8);
+
+	struct notifier_block     netdevice_nb;
 };
 
 struct mlx5e_flow_table {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 54118b77dc1f6d478c5b08e7c01526dd3e5dc740..f291d1bf15586b9bff40a3cc2ea8c62c71e62f05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -4315,7 +4315,7 @@ static int mlx5e_xdp(struct net_device *dev, struct netdev_bpf *xdp)
 	}
 }
 
-static const struct net_device_ops mlx5e_netdev_ops = {
+const struct net_device_ops mlx5e_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_open                = mlx5e_open,
 	.ndo_stop                = mlx5e_close,
 	.ndo_start_xmit          = mlx5e_xmit,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 9fed54017659de3b0f58a1287a7eff605c077f6c..52e05f3ece509a7322e59577ecbb2eb9bb027718 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -2946,14 +2946,71 @@ int mlx5e_stats_flower(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void mlx5e_tc_hairpin_update_dead_peer(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
+					      struct mlx5e_priv *peer_priv)
+{
+	struct mlx5_core_dev *peer_mdev = peer_priv->mdev;
+	struct mlx5e_hairpin_entry *hpe;
+	u16 peer_vhca_id;
+	int bkt;
+
+	if (!same_hw_devs(priv, peer_priv))
+		return;
+
+	peer_vhca_id = MLX5_CAP_GEN(peer_mdev, vhca_id);
+
+	hash_for_each(priv->fs.tc.hairpin_tbl, bkt, hpe, hairpin_hlist) {
+		if (hpe->peer_vhca_id == peer_vhca_id)
+			hpe->hp->pair->peer_gone = true;
+	}
+}
+
+static int mlx5e_tc_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
+				 unsigned long event, void *ptr)
+{
+	struct net_device *ndev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
+	struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs;
+	struct mlx5e_priv *peer_priv;
+	struct mlx5e_tc_table *tc;
+	struct mlx5e_priv *priv;
+
+	if (ndev->netdev_ops != &mlx5e_netdev_ops ||
+	    event != NETDEV_UNREGISTER ||
+	    ndev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+	tc = container_of(this, struct mlx5e_tc_table, netdevice_nb);
+	fs = container_of(tc, struct mlx5e_flow_steering, tc);
+	priv = container_of(fs, struct mlx5e_priv, fs);
+	peer_priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
+	if (priv == peer_priv ||
+	    !(priv->netdev->features & NETIF_F_HW_TC))
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+	mlx5e_tc_hairpin_update_dead_peer(priv, peer_priv);
+
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
 int mlx5e_tc_nic_init(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_tc_table *tc = &priv->fs.tc;
+	int err;
 
 	hash_init(tc->mod_hdr_tbl);
 	hash_init(tc->hairpin_tbl);
 
-	return rhashtable_init(&tc->ht, &tc_ht_params);
+	err = rhashtable_init(&tc->ht, &tc_ht_params);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	tc->netdevice_nb.notifier_call = mlx5e_tc_netdev_event;
+	if (register_netdevice_notifier(&tc->netdevice_nb)) {
+		tc->netdevice_nb.notifier_call = NULL;
+		mlx5_core_warn(priv->mdev, "Failed to register netdev notifier\n");
+	}
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void _mlx5e_tc_del_flow(void *ptr, void *arg)
@@ -2969,6 +3026,9 @@ void mlx5e_tc_nic_cleanup(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_tc_table *tc = &priv->fs.tc;
 
+	if (tc->netdevice_nb.notifier_call)
+		unregister_netdevice_notifier(&tc->netdevice_nb);
+
 	rhashtable_free_and_destroy(&tc->ht, _mlx5e_tc_del_flow, NULL);
 
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tc->t)) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/transobj.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/transobj.c
index d2f76070ea7ca87bcc98c1382cd95504e0a60104..a1ee9a8a769e8a96e2c25f84454772159bb4bd16 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/transobj.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/transobj.c
@@ -475,7 +475,8 @@ static void mlx5_hairpin_destroy_queues(struct mlx5_hairpin *hp)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < hp->num_channels; i++) {
 		mlx5_core_destroy_rq(hp->func_mdev, hp->rqn[i]);
-		mlx5_core_destroy_sq(hp->peer_mdev, hp->sqn[i]);
+		if (!hp->peer_gone)
+			mlx5_core_destroy_sq(hp->peer_mdev, hp->sqn[i]);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -567,6 +568,8 @@ static void mlx5_hairpin_unpair_queues(struct mlx5_hairpin *hp)
 				       MLX5_RQC_STATE_RST, 0, 0);
 
 	/* unset peer SQs */
+	if (hp->peer_gone)
+		return;
 	for (i = 0; i < hp->num_channels; i++)
 		mlx5_hairpin_modify_sq(hp->peer_mdev, hp->sqn[i], MLX5_SQC_STATE_RDY,
 				       MLX5_SQC_STATE_RST, 0, 0);
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/transobj.h b/include/linux/mlx5/transobj.h
index 83a33a1873a6823be1a033dec3f0743a08732f88..7f5ca2cd3a32f7438f3f1ab39ad47422a701b53b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/transobj.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/transobj.h
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ struct mlx5_hairpin {
 
 	u32 *rqn;
 	u32 *sqn;
+
+	bool peer_gone;
 };
 
 struct mlx5_hairpin *