diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index 9485cbef5166ce386d5c58510d1a2375ff236eb3..7d57777e65c53625c5edd924072cbceacb58340e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -2976,6 +2976,7 @@ static int mlx4_load_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, int pci_dev_data,
 								  existing_vfs,
 								  reset_flow);
 
+				mlx4_close_fw(dev);
 				mlx4_cmd_cleanup(dev, MLX4_CMD_CLEANUP_ALL);
 				dev->flags = dev_flags;
 				if (!SRIOV_VALID_STATE(dev->flags)) {