diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
index 0e0fa7030565..c1af47e45d3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
@@ -1789,9 +1789,17 @@ static int mlx4_master_process_vhcr(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int slave,
 	}
 
 	if (err) {
-		if (!(dev->persist->state & MLX4_DEVICE_STATE_INTERNAL_ERROR))
-			mlx4_warn(dev, "vhcr command:0x%x slave:%d failed with error:%d, status %d\n",
-				  vhcr->op, slave, vhcr->errno, err);
+		if (!(dev->persist->state & MLX4_DEVICE_STATE_INTERNAL_ERROR)) {
+			if (vhcr->op == MLX4_CMD_ALLOC_RES &&
+			    (vhcr->in_modifier & 0xff) == RES_COUNTER &&
+			    err == -EDQUOT)
+				mlx4_dbg(dev,
+					 "Unable to allocate counter for slave %d (%d)\n",
+					 slave, err);
+			else
+				mlx4_warn(dev, "vhcr command:0x%x slave:%d failed with error:%d, status %d\n",
+					  vhcr->op, slave, vhcr->errno, err);
+		}
 		vhcr_cmd->status = mlx4_errno_to_status(err);
 		goto out_status;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
index 4aa29ee93013..07516545474f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static inline int mlx4_grant_resource(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int slave,
 	struct mlx4_priv *priv = mlx4_priv(dev);
 	struct resource_allocator *res_alloc =
 		&priv->mfunc.master.res_tracker.res_alloc[res_type];
-	int err = -EINVAL;
+	int err = -EDQUOT;
 	int allocated, free, reserved, guaranteed, from_free;
 	int from_rsvd;