diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 0c123d571b4cf52a0eb3b833208156766b5de6be..fe5546bb41537f0af0c4bcfe9054ccceaa42bbb2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -612,7 +612,6 @@ static int mlx5_irq_set_affinity_hint(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, int i)
 	struct mlx5_priv *priv  = &mdev->priv;
 	struct msix_entry *msix = priv->msix_arr;
 	int irq                 = msix[i + MLX5_EQ_VEC_COMP_BASE].vector;
-	int err;
 
 	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&priv->irq_info[i].mask, GFP_KERNEL)) {
 		mlx5_core_warn(mdev, "zalloc_cpumask_var failed");
@@ -622,18 +621,12 @@ static int mlx5_irq_set_affinity_hint(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, int i)
 	cpumask_set_cpu(cpumask_local_spread(i, priv->numa_node),
 			priv->irq_info[i].mask);
 
-	err = irq_set_affinity_hint(irq, priv->irq_info[i].mask);
-	if (err) {
-		mlx5_core_warn(mdev, "irq_set_affinity_hint failed,irq 0x%.4x",
-			       irq);
-		goto err_clear_mask;
-	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	if (irq_set_affinity_hint(irq, priv->irq_info[i].mask))
+		mlx5_core_warn(mdev, "irq_set_affinity_hint failed, irq 0x%.4x", irq);
+#endif
 
 	return 0;
-
-err_clear_mask:
-	free_cpumask_var(priv->irq_info[i].mask);
-	return err;
 }
 
 static void mlx5_irq_clear_affinity_hint(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, int i)