diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
index ab4d1465b7e41e563a44a52ff155e1ca911767c9..e7e7cef2bde402be23b191873a5790ed23fd7843 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
@@ -801,11 +801,9 @@ void mlx5_stop_eqs(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	mlx5_cmd_use_polling(dev);
 
 	err = mlx5_destroy_unmap_eq(dev, &table->cmd_eq);
-	if (err) {
+	if (err)
 		mlx5_core_err(dev, "failed to destroy command eq, err(%d)\n",
 			      err);
-		mlx5_cmd_use_events(dev);
-	}
 }
 
 int mlx5_core_eq_query(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_eq *eq,