diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cq.c
index a4179122a2796bafc87a429e7ad54abbfc347ed9..65ff00bcc2fb6e41dd31b01bae7240c9a950b740 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;
@@ -171,7 +172,6 @@ int mlx5_core_destroy_cq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq)
 
 	synchronize_irq(cq->irqn);
 
-	mlx5_debug_cq_remove(dev, cq);
 	mlx5_cq_put(cq);
 	wait_for_completion(&cq->free);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/debugfs.c
index 90fabd612b6cd84f1420afa151cc6c3b0103acfb..20c36bb9024cdb999d4fb0bc01fc2767398d5b1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/debugfs.c
@@ -588,6 +588,8 @@ void mlx5_debug_cq_remove(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_core_cq *cq)
 	if (!mlx5_debugfs_root)
 		return;
 
-	if (cq->dbg)
+	if (cq->dbg) {
 		rem_res_tree(cq->dbg);
+		cq->dbg = NULL;
+	}
 }