diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
index 08b7f6bc56c37a628aae752f889bfae24ae6fe56..1f62c0ede0480b55b1211d49d0c8c51da3691841 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
@@ -1497,9 +1497,9 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_OBJ_CREATE)(
 		   !is_apu_cq(dev, cmd_in)) {
 		obj->flags |= DEVX_OBJ_FLAGS_CQ;
 		obj->core_cq.comp = devx_cq_comp;
-		err = mlx5_core_create_cq(dev->mdev, &obj->core_cq,
-					  cmd_in, cmd_in_len, cmd_out,
-					  cmd_out_len);
+		err = mlx5_create_cq(dev->mdev, &obj->core_cq,
+				     cmd_in, cmd_in_len, cmd_out,
+				     cmd_out_len);
 	} else {
 		err = mlx5_cmd_exec(dev->mdev, cmd_in,
 				    cmd_in_len,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
index 29475cf8c7c3571ce7b2515a9d6a9312dc1f79ac..b7fe47107d7667f66372e23b44e3b461e34c16eb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
@@ -4465,6 +4465,7 @@ static int mlx5_ib_modify_dct(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_qp_attr *attr,
 		err = mlx5_core_create_dct(dev, &qp->dct.mdct, qp->dct.in,
 					   MLX5_ST_SZ_BYTES(create_dct_in), out,
 					   sizeof(out));
+		err = mlx5_cmd_check(dev->mdev, err, qp->dct.in, out);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 		resp.dctn = qp->dct.mdct.mqp.qpn;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qpc.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qpc.c
index 8844eacf2380e34699fd6707b326baa47e9ad506..542e4c63a8de61a7e9702314ce3bff3962b09ab1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qpc.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qpc.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int mlx5_core_create_dct(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_dct *dct,
 	init_completion(&dct->drained);
 	MLX5_SET(create_dct_in, in, opcode, MLX5_CMD_OP_CREATE_DCT);
 
-	err = mlx5_cmd_exec(dev->mdev, in, inlen, out, outlen);
+	err = mlx5_cmd_do(dev->mdev, in, inlen, out, outlen);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c
index 5371ad0a12eb5651e3227edb1ad785b49c25a0d3..15a74966be7d567b1ede35e7806e1e9c01a44042 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ static void mlx5_add_cq_to_tasklet(struct mlx5_core_cq *cq,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tasklet_ctx->lock, flags);
 }
 
-int mlx5_core_create_cq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq,
-			u32 *in, int inlen, u32 *out, int outlen)
+/* Callers must verify outbox status in case of err */
+int mlx5_create_cq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq,
+		   u32 *in, int inlen, u32 *out, int outlen)
 {
 	int eqn = MLX5_GET(cqc, MLX5_ADDR_OF(create_cq_in, in, cq_context),
 			   c_eqn_or_apu_element);
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ int mlx5_core_create_cq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq,
 
 	memset(out, 0, outlen);
 	MLX5_SET(create_cq_in, in, opcode, MLX5_CMD_OP_CREATE_CQ);
-	err = mlx5_cmd_exec(dev, in, inlen, out, outlen);
+	err = mlx5_cmd_do(dev, in, inlen, out, outlen);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -148,6 +149,16 @@ int mlx5_core_create_cq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq,
 	mlx5_cmd_exec_in(dev, destroy_cq, din);
 	return err;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mlx5_create_cq);
+
+/* oubox is checked and err val is normalized */
+int mlx5_core_create_cq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq,
+			u32 *in, int inlen, u32 *out, int outlen)
+{
+	int err = mlx5_create_cq(dev, cq, in, inlen, out, outlen);
+
+	return mlx5_cmd_check(dev, err, in, out);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mlx5_core_create_cq);
 
 int mlx5_core_destroy_cq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq)
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/cq.h b/include/linux/mlx5/cq.h
index 7bfb67363434224aded467c2587ed78fce7b1d1f..cb15308b5cb0bc96dccb89ceb82f3a6186200dad 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/cq.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/cq.h
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ static inline void mlx5_cq_put(struct mlx5_core_cq *cq)
 		complete(&cq->free);
 }
 
+int mlx5_create_cq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq,
+		   u32 *in, int inlen, u32 *out, int outlen);
 int mlx5_core_create_cq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq,
 			u32 *in, int inlen, u32 *out, int outlen);
 int mlx5_core_destroy_cq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq);