diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
index 8d5dd8aba8cd..81e517dbe60e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
@@ -1535,6 +1535,9 @@ static int cmd_comp_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	dev = container_of(cmd, struct mlx5_core_dev, cmd);
 	eqe = data;
 
+	if (dev->state == MLX5_DEVICE_STATE_INTERNAL_ERROR)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
 	mlx5_cmd_comp_handler(dev, be32_to_cpu(eqe->data.cmd.vector), false);
 
 	return NOTIFY_OK;