diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pagealloc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pagealloc.c
index f6b5451328fc7033af13c8b3929a5b9542f0743a..de150643ef83d5568fb4d44bd76deb24a181620d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pagealloc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pagealloc.c
@@ -365,8 +365,12 @@ static int give_pages(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u16 func_id, int npages,
 	MLX5_SET(manage_pages_in, in, input_num_entries, npages);
 	MLX5_SET(manage_pages_in, in, embedded_cpu_function, ec_function);
 
-	err = mlx5_cmd_exec(dev, in, inlen, out, sizeof(out));
+	err = mlx5_cmd_do(dev, in, inlen, out, sizeof(out));
 	if (err) {
+		if (err == -EREMOTEIO)
+			notify_fail = 0;
+
+		err = mlx5_cmd_check(dev, err, in, out);
 		mlx5_core_warn(dev, "func_id 0x%x, npages %d, err %d\n",
 			       func_id, npages, err);
 		goto out_4k;