diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c
index a4179122a2796bafc87a429e7ad54abbfc347ed9..a4696228701234c4fcaa2a31b127682d406a243e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ int mlx5_core_destroy_cq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq)
 	u32 in[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(destroy_cq_in)] = {0};
 	int err;
 
+	mlx5_debug_cq_remove(dev, cq);
 	err = mlx5_eq_del_cq(&dev->priv.eq_table.async_eq, cq);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -166,16 +167,13 @@ int mlx5_core_destroy_cq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq)
 	MLX5_SET(destroy_cq_in, in, opcode, MLX5_CMD_OP_DESTROY_CQ);
 	MLX5_SET(destroy_cq_in, in, cqn, cq->cqn);
 	err = mlx5_cmd_exec(dev, in, sizeof(in), out, sizeof(out));
-	if (err)
-		return err;
 
 	synchronize_irq(cq->irqn);
 
-	mlx5_debug_cq_remove(dev, cq);
 	mlx5_cq_put(cq);
 	wait_for_completion(&cq->free);
 
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mlx5_core_destroy_cq);