diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
index 74067f547aa6f853d0c0a21512dc5867f03d70c9..d6e2a1cae19ae2d6d636f1d306bca8e607106095 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
@@ -606,11 +606,36 @@ static void dump_command(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
 		pr_debug("\n");
 }
 
+static u16 msg_to_opcode(struct mlx5_cmd_msg *in)
+{
+	struct mlx5_inbox_hdr *hdr = (struct mlx5_inbox_hdr *)(in->first.data);
+
+	return be16_to_cpu(hdr->opcode);
+}
+
+static void cb_timeout_handler(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct delayed_work *dwork = container_of(work, struct delayed_work,
+						  work);
+	struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent *ent = container_of(dwork,
+						     struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent,
+						     cb_timeout_work);
+	struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = container_of(ent->cmd, struct mlx5_core_dev,
+						 cmd);
+
+	ent->ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
+	mlx5_core_warn(dev, "%s(0x%x) timeout. Will cause a leak of a command resource\n",
+		       mlx5_command_str(msg_to_opcode(ent->in)),
+		       msg_to_opcode(ent->in));
+	mlx5_cmd_comp_handler(dev, 1UL << ent->idx);
+}
+
 static void cmd_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent *ent = container_of(work, struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent, work);
 	struct mlx5_cmd *cmd = ent->cmd;
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = container_of(cmd, struct mlx5_core_dev, cmd);
+	unsigned long cb_timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(MLX5_CMD_TIMEOUT_MSEC);
 	struct mlx5_cmd_layout *lay;
 	struct semaphore *sem;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -651,6 +676,9 @@ static void cmd_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 	dump_command(dev, ent, 1);
 	ent->ts1 = ktime_get_ns();
 
+	if (ent->callback)
+		schedule_delayed_work(&ent->cb_timeout_work, cb_timeout);
+
 	/* ring doorbell after the descriptor is valid */
 	mlx5_core_dbg(dev, "writing 0x%x to command doorbell\n", 1 << ent->idx);
 	wmb();
@@ -695,13 +723,6 @@ static const char *deliv_status_to_str(u8 status)
 	}
 }
 
-static u16 msg_to_opcode(struct mlx5_cmd_msg *in)
-{
-	struct mlx5_inbox_hdr *hdr = (struct mlx5_inbox_hdr *)(in->first.data);
-
-	return be16_to_cpu(hdr->opcode);
-}
-
 static int wait_func(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent *ent)
 {
 	unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(MLX5_CMD_TIMEOUT_MSEC);
@@ -765,6 +786,7 @@ static int mlx5_cmd_invoke(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_cmd_msg *in,
 	if (!callback)
 		init_completion(&ent->done);
 
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ent->cb_timeout_work, cb_timeout_handler);
 	INIT_WORK(&ent->work, cmd_work_handler);
 	if (page_queue) {
 		cmd_work_handler(&ent->work);
@@ -1242,6 +1264,8 @@ void mlx5_cmd_comp_handler(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u64 vec)
 			struct semaphore *sem;
 
 			ent = cmd->ent_arr[i];
+			if (ent->callback)
+				cancel_delayed_work(&ent->cb_timeout_work);
 			if (ent->page_queue)
 				sem = &cmd->pages_sem;
 			else
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
index 80776d0c52dc9c48b7a02842caacbf9699e73507..fd72ecf0ce9fe55e3e0b1be1bc1ea6231c4378f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent {
 	void		       *uout;
 	int			uout_size;
 	mlx5_cmd_cbk_t		callback;
+	struct delayed_work	cb_timeout_work;
 	void		       *context;
 	int			idx;
 	struct completion	done;