diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
index 3e0fa8a8077b0c9199f408a40182854b8970309a..e267ff93e8a8f7e816c9eeb88c449dcbb536c058 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
@@ -1583,6 +1583,24 @@ void mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->cmd.alloc_lock, flags);
 }
 
+void mlx5_cmd_flush(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct mlx5_cmd *cmd = &dev->cmd;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < cmd->max_reg_cmds; i++)
+		while (down_trylock(&cmd->sem))
+			mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions(dev);
+
+	while (down_trylock(&cmd->pages_sem))
+		mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions(dev);
+
+	/* Unlock cmdif */
+	up(&cmd->pages_sem);
+	for (i = 0; i < cmd->max_reg_cmds; i++)
+		up(&cmd->sem);
+}
+
 static int status_to_err(u8 status)
 {
 	return status ? -1 : 0; /* TBD more meaningful codes */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c
index 196c07383082f9fe479e930ea4f4a3229c561c43..cb9fa3430c5358678a6a7b719ed0d22e8d2eb15e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void mlx5_enter_error_state(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, bool force)
 	mlx5_core_err(dev, "start\n");
 	if (pci_channel_offline(dev->pdev) || in_fatal(dev) || force) {
 		dev->state = MLX5_DEVICE_STATE_INTERNAL_ERROR;
-		mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions(dev);
+		mlx5_cmd_flush(dev);
 	}
 
 	mlx5_notifier_call_chain(dev->priv.events, MLX5_DEV_EVENT_SYS_ERROR, (void *)1);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
index 5300b0b6d836d0a4b5410e341c6e4528316611ca..4fdac020b795a9025554f4b3e327f9b85453e154 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ u64 mlx5_read_internal_timer(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
 			     struct ptp_system_timestamp *sts);
 
 void mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
+void mlx5_cmd_flush(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 int mlx5_cq_debugfs_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 void mlx5_cq_debugfs_cleanup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);