diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index c904696cbc3a..612fc4de9d3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -1010,16 +1010,10 @@ static int mlx5_init_once(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 		goto err_irq_cleanup;
 	}
 
-	err = mlx5_events_init(dev);
-	if (err) {
-		mlx5_core_err(dev, "failed to initialize events\n");
-		goto err_eq_cleanup;
-	}
-
 	err = mlx5_fw_reset_init(dev);
 	if (err) {
 		mlx5_core_err(dev, "failed to initialize fw reset events\n");
-		goto err_events_cleanup;
+		goto err_eq_cleanup;
 	}
 
 	mlx5_cq_debugfs_init(dev);
@@ -1121,8 +1115,6 @@ static int mlx5_init_once(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	mlx5_cleanup_reserved_gids(dev);
 	mlx5_cq_debugfs_cleanup(dev);
 	mlx5_fw_reset_cleanup(dev);
-err_events_cleanup:
-	mlx5_events_cleanup(dev);
 err_eq_cleanup:
 	mlx5_eq_table_cleanup(dev);
 err_irq_cleanup:
@@ -1155,7 +1147,6 @@ static void mlx5_cleanup_once(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	mlx5_cleanup_reserved_gids(dev);
 	mlx5_cq_debugfs_cleanup(dev);
 	mlx5_fw_reset_cleanup(dev);
-	mlx5_events_cleanup(dev);
 	mlx5_eq_table_cleanup(dev);
 	mlx5_irq_table_cleanup(dev);
 	mlx5_devcom_unregister_device(dev->priv.devc);
@@ -1833,6 +1824,24 @@ static int vhca_id_show(struct seq_file *file, void *priv)
 
 DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(vhca_id);
 
+static int mlx5_notifiers_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = mlx5_events_init(dev);
+	if (err) {
+		mlx5_core_err(dev, "failed to initialize events\n");
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void mlx5_notifiers_cleanup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
+{
+	mlx5_events_cleanup(dev);
+}
+
 int mlx5_mdev_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int profile_idx)
 {
 	struct mlx5_priv *priv = &dev->priv;
@@ -1888,6 +1897,10 @@ int mlx5_mdev_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int profile_idx)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_hca_caps;
 
+	err = mlx5_notifiers_init(dev);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_hca_caps;
+
 	/* The conjunction of sw_vhca_id with sw_owner_id will be a global
 	 * unique id per function which uses mlx5_core.
 	 * Those values are supplied to FW as part of the init HCA command to
@@ -1930,6 +1943,7 @@ void mlx5_mdev_uninit(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	if (priv->sw_vhca_id > 0)
 		ida_free(&sw_vhca_ida, dev->priv.sw_vhca_id);
 
+	mlx5_notifiers_cleanup(dev);
 	mlx5_hca_caps_free(dev);
 	mlx5_adev_cleanup(dev);
 	mlx5_pagealloc_cleanup(dev);