diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
index 77c0ca6559759e758a85c274222485c644e29793..9403334102675e28a7f9fb7bf6fe293e953a5596 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int mlx5_eq_comp_int(struct notifier_block *nb,
 
 	eqe = next_eqe_sw(eq);
 	if (!eqe)
-		return 0;
+		goto out;
 
 	do {
 		struct mlx5_core_cq *cq;
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ static int mlx5_eq_comp_int(struct notifier_block *nb,
 		++eq->cons_index;
 
 	} while ((++num_eqes < MLX5_EQ_POLLING_BUDGET) && (eqe = next_eqe_sw(eq)));
+
+out:
 	eq_update_ci(eq, 1);
 
 	if (cqn != -1)
@@ -248,9 +250,9 @@ static int mlx5_eq_async_int(struct notifier_block *nb,
 		++eq->cons_index;
 
 	} while ((++num_eqes < MLX5_EQ_POLLING_BUDGET) && (eqe = next_eqe_sw(eq)));
-	eq_update_ci(eq, 1);
 
 out:
+	eq_update_ci(eq, 1);
 	mlx5_eq_async_int_unlock(eq_async, recovery, &flags);
 
 	return unlikely(recovery) ? num_eqes : 0;