diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
index 556e015678de26809f45d74ac6357ecf9dcbf501..a5fad3e87ff74c84ebf42a49ce45ec980c6f4d7d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static void clean_keys(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, int c)
 
 static void mlx5_mr_cache_debugfs_cleanup(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 {
-	if (!mlx5_debugfs_root)
+	if (!mlx5_debugfs_root || dev->rep)
 		return;
 
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(dev->cache.root);
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static int mlx5_mr_cache_debugfs_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 	struct mlx5_cache_ent *ent;
 	int i;
 
-	if (!mlx5_debugfs_root)
+	if (!mlx5_debugfs_root || dev->rep)
 		return 0;
 
 	cache->root = debugfs_create_dir("mr_cache", dev->mdev->priv.dbg_root);
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ int mlx5_mr_cache_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 			   MLX5_IB_UMR_OCTOWORD;
 		ent->access_mode = MLX5_MKC_ACCESS_MODE_MTT;
 		if ((dev->mdev->profile->mask & MLX5_PROF_MASK_MR_CACHE) &&
+		    !dev->rep &&
 		    mlx5_core_is_pf(dev->mdev))
 			ent->limit = dev->mdev->profile->mr_cache[i].limit;
 		else