diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
index fc222df47aa9..9e104dcfa9dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
@@ -2636,6 +2636,7 @@ void mlx4_cmd_use_polling(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 		down(&priv->cmd.event_sem);
 
 	kfree(priv->cmd.context);
+	priv->cmd.context = NULL;
 
 	up(&priv->cmd.poll_sem);
 }