diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
index 53b738b8a0041097ce732514470acf93476e920a..1bcead1fa2f65f333ed16638148485a4c3891d54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ int mlx4_multi_func_init(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 	return 0;
 
 err_resource:
-	mlx4_free_resource_tracker(dev);
+	mlx4_free_resource_tracker(dev, RES_TR_FREE_ALL);
 err_thread:
 	flush_workqueue(priv->mfunc.master.comm_wq);
 	destroy_workqueue(priv->mfunc.master.comm_wq);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index 8eed1f2693233c3906b68c3db096d2e6099e98d5..2e94f76f801642f0f380e9973a21378cc3e99a7e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -2069,6 +2069,10 @@ static void mlx4_remove_one(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 			mlx4_CLOSE_PORT(dev, p);
 		}
 
+		if (mlx4_is_master(dev))
+			mlx4_free_resource_tracker(dev,
+						   RES_TR_FREE_SLAVES_ONLY);
+
 		mlx4_cleanup_counters_table(dev);
 		mlx4_cleanup_mcg_table(dev);
 		mlx4_cleanup_qp_table(dev);
@@ -2081,7 +2085,8 @@ static void mlx4_remove_one(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		mlx4_cleanup_pd_table(dev);
 
 		if (mlx4_is_master(dev))
-			mlx4_free_resource_tracker(dev);
+			mlx4_free_resource_tracker(dev,
+						   RES_TR_FREE_STRUCTS_ONLY);
 
 		iounmap(priv->kar);
 		mlx4_uar_free(dev, &priv->driver_uar);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
index cd56f1aea4b505aad5545b515c534dffe6bef1f1..8767fbfdce34d154dfe88e33eeb8215ecf3144dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ enum mlx4_alloc_mode {
 	RES_OP_MAP_ICM,
 };
 
+enum mlx4_res_tracker_free_type {
+	RES_TR_FREE_ALL,
+	RES_TR_FREE_SLAVES_ONLY,
+	RES_TR_FREE_STRUCTS_ONLY,
+};
 
 /*
  *Virtual HCR structures.
@@ -1027,7 +1032,8 @@ int mlx4_get_slave_from_resource_id(struct mlx4_dev *dev,
 void mlx4_delete_all_resources_for_slave(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int slave_id);
 int mlx4_init_resource_tracker(struct mlx4_dev *dev);
 
-void mlx4_free_resource_tracker(struct mlx4_dev *dev);
+void mlx4_free_resource_tracker(struct mlx4_dev *dev,
+				enum mlx4_res_tracker_free_type type);
 
 int mlx4_SET_PORT_wrapper(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int slave,
 			  struct mlx4_vhcr *vhcr,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
index bb09ed7a148486def3e1e39f6a8ed7cbfe308314..549abfb5a3976e06526e18668966094b26e042ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
@@ -224,16 +224,23 @@ int mlx4_init_resource_tracker(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 	return 0 ;
 }
 
-void mlx4_free_resource_tracker(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
+void mlx4_free_resource_tracker(struct mlx4_dev *dev,
+				enum mlx4_res_tracker_free_type type)
 {
 	struct mlx4_priv *priv = mlx4_priv(dev);
 	int i;
 
 	if (priv->mfunc.master.res_tracker.slave_list) {
-		for (i = 0 ; i < dev->num_slaves; i++)
-			mlx4_delete_all_resources_for_slave(dev, i);
-
-		kfree(priv->mfunc.master.res_tracker.slave_list);
+		if (type != RES_TR_FREE_STRUCTS_ONLY)
+			for (i = 0 ; i < dev->num_slaves; i++)
+				if (type == RES_TR_FREE_ALL ||
+				    dev->caps.function != i)
+					mlx4_delete_all_resources_for_slave(dev, i);
+
+		if (type != RES_TR_FREE_SLAVES_ONLY) {
+			kfree(priv->mfunc.master.res_tracker.slave_list);
+			priv->mfunc.master.res_tracker.slave_list = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 }