diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/i2c.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/i2c.c
index 95f408d0e103..7cc4c30af1a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/i2c.c
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ static int mlxsw_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	return 0;
 
 errout:
+	mutex_destroy(&mlxsw_i2c->cmd.lock);
 	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 
 	return err;