diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index a61e473db7e1d7141fa094ca5ad33eebce3d2dd0..c1618b818f3abcd1787314ff8e12c79dc8500c95 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ int mlx5_load_one(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, bool boot)
 
 	err = mlx5_function_setup(dev, boot);
 	if (err)
-		goto out;
+		goto err_function;
 
 	if (boot) {
 		err = mlx5_init_once(dev);
@@ -1233,6 +1233,7 @@ int mlx5_load_one(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, bool boot)
 		mlx5_cleanup_once(dev);
 function_teardown:
 	mlx5_function_teardown(dev, boot);
+err_function:
 	dev->state = MLX5_DEVICE_STATE_INTERNAL_ERROR;
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->intf_state_mutex);