diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index b4501cdc2351..09c57841e48d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ int mlx5_mdev_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int profile_idx)
 
 	err = mlx5_notifiers_init(dev);
 	if (err)
-		goto err_hca_caps;
+		goto err_notifiers_init;
 
 	/* The conjunction of sw_vhca_id with sw_owner_id will be a global
 	 * unique id per function which uses mlx5_core.
@@ -1930,6 +1930,8 @@ int mlx5_mdev_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int profile_idx)
 
 	return 0;
 
+err_notifiers_init:
+	mlx5_hca_caps_free(dev);
 err_hca_caps:
 	mlx5_adev_cleanup(dev);
 err_adev_init: