diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ecpf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ecpf.c
index 9a3878f9e58246a19d555ed27c33c5563e08da95..7c9c4e40c019b027e094091a1dff19830747873e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ecpf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ecpf.c
@@ -98,4 +98,8 @@ void mlx5_ec_cleanup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	err = mlx5_wait_for_pages(dev, &dev->priv.page_counters[MLX5_HOST_PF]);
 	if (err)
 		mlx5_core_warn(dev, "Timeout reclaiming external host PF pages err(%d)\n", err);
+
+	err = mlx5_wait_for_pages(dev, &dev->priv.page_counters[MLX5_VF]);
+	if (err)
+		mlx5_core_warn(dev, "Timeout reclaiming external host VFs pages err(%d)\n", err);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sriov.c
index 3008e9ce2bbff35586cbaf0ef5ae52bdc68f3ce9..20d7662c10fb6bb96652d4212914befbe03aa551 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sriov.c
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ mlx5_device_disable_sriov(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int num_vfs, bool clear_vf)
 
 	mlx5_eswitch_disable_sriov(dev->priv.eswitch, clear_vf);
 
+	/* For ECPFs, skip waiting for host VF pages until ECPF is destroyed */
+	if (mlx5_core_is_ecpf(dev))
+		return;
+
 	if (mlx5_wait_for_pages(dev, &dev->priv.page_counters[MLX5_VF]))
 		mlx5_core_warn(dev, "timeout reclaiming VFs pages\n");
 }