diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 5bd98e8c133d..c9e583c05ef2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -6173,7 +6173,7 @@ static int mlx5_ib_stage_init_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 
 	err = set_has_smi_cap(dev);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto err_mp;
 
 	if (!mlx5_core_mp_enabled(mdev)) {
 		for (i = 1; i <= dev->num_ports; i++) {