diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c
index 107ccb2ade42..c6117c23eb25 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c
@@ -4814,7 +4814,8 @@ static void dpaa2_dpseci_free(struct dpaa2_caam_priv *priv)
 {
 	struct device *dev = priv->dev;
 	struct fsl_mc_device *ls_dev = to_fsl_mc_device(dev);
-	int err;
+	struct dpaa2_caam_priv_per_cpu *ppriv;
+	int i, err;
 
 	if (DPSECI_VER(priv->major_ver, priv->minor_ver) > DPSECI_VER(5, 3)) {
 		err = dpseci_reset(priv->mc_io, 0, ls_dev->mc_handle);
@@ -4822,6 +4823,12 @@ static void dpaa2_dpseci_free(struct dpaa2_caam_priv *priv)
 			dev_err(dev, "dpseci_reset() failed\n");
 	}
 
+	for_each_cpu(i, priv->clean_mask) {
+		ppriv = per_cpu_ptr(priv->ppriv, i);
+		free_netdev(ppriv->net_dev);
+	}
+	free_cpumask_var(priv->clean_mask);
+
 	dpaa2_dpseci_congestion_free(priv);
 	dpseci_close(priv->mc_io, 0, ls_dev->mc_handle);
 }
@@ -5007,16 +5014,15 @@ static int __cold dpaa2_dpseci_setup(struct fsl_mc_device *ls_dev)
 	struct device *dev = &ls_dev->dev;
 	struct dpaa2_caam_priv *priv;
 	struct dpaa2_caam_priv_per_cpu *ppriv;
-	cpumask_var_t clean_mask;
 	int err, cpu;
 	u8 i;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&clean_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
-		goto err_cpumask;
-
 	priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&priv->clean_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
+		goto err_cpumask;
+
 	priv->dev = dev;
 	priv->dpsec_id = ls_dev->obj_desc.id;
 
@@ -5118,7 +5124,7 @@ static int __cold dpaa2_dpseci_setup(struct fsl_mc_device *ls_dev)
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err_alloc_netdev;
 		}
-		cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, clean_mask);
+		cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, priv->clean_mask);
 		ppriv->net_dev->dev = *dev;
 
 		netif_napi_add_tx_weight(ppriv->net_dev, &ppriv->napi,
@@ -5126,18 +5132,16 @@ static int __cold dpaa2_dpseci_setup(struct fsl_mc_device *ls_dev)
 					 DPAA2_CAAM_NAPI_WEIGHT);
 	}
 
-	err = 0;
-	goto free_cpumask;
+	return 0;
 
 err_alloc_netdev:
-	free_dpaa2_pcpu_netdev(priv, clean_mask);
+	free_dpaa2_pcpu_netdev(priv, priv->clean_mask);
 err_get_rx_queue:
 	dpaa2_dpseci_congestion_free(priv);
 err_get_vers:
 	dpseci_close(priv->mc_io, 0, ls_dev->mc_handle);
 err_open:
-free_cpumask:
-	free_cpumask_var(clean_mask);
+	free_cpumask_var(priv->clean_mask);
 err_cpumask:
 	return err;
 }
@@ -5182,7 +5186,6 @@ static int __cold dpaa2_dpseci_disable(struct dpaa2_caam_priv *priv)
 		ppriv = per_cpu_ptr(priv->ppriv, i);
 		napi_disable(&ppriv->napi);
 		netif_napi_del(&ppriv->napi);
-		free_netdev(ppriv->net_dev);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.h b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.h
index 61d1219a202f..8e65b4b28c7b 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
  * @mc_io: pointer to MC portal's I/O object
  * @domain: IOMMU domain
  * @ppriv: per CPU pointers to privata data
+ * @clean_mask: CPU mask of CPUs that have allocated netdevs
  */
 struct dpaa2_caam_priv {
 	int dpsec_id;
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ struct dpaa2_caam_priv {
 
 	struct dpaa2_caam_priv_per_cpu __percpu *ppriv;
 	struct dentry *dfs_root;
+	cpumask_var_t clean_mask;
 };
 
 /**