diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
index 3121f9b04f59..bea1d1e39fa2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
@@ -898,7 +898,16 @@ static inline void ice_set_rdma_cap(struct ice_pf *pf)
  */
 static inline void ice_clear_rdma_cap(struct ice_pf *pf)
 {
-	ice_unplug_aux_dev(pf);
+	/* We can directly unplug aux device here only if the flag bit
+	 * ICE_FLAG_PLUG_AUX_DEV is not set because ice_unplug_aux_dev()
+	 * could race with ice_plug_aux_dev() called from
+	 * ice_service_task(). In this case we only clear that bit now and
+	 * aux device will be unplugged later once ice_plug_aux_device()
+	 * called from ice_service_task() finishes (see ice_service_task()).
+	 */
+	if (!test_and_clear_bit(ICE_FLAG_PLUG_AUX_DEV, pf->flags))
+		ice_unplug_aux_dev(pf);
+
 	clear_bit(ICE_FLAG_RDMA_ENA, pf->flags);
 	clear_bit(ICE_FLAG_AUX_ENA, pf->flags);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
index 83e3e8aae6cf..493942e910be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
@@ -2255,9 +2255,19 @@ static void ice_service_task(struct work_struct *work)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(ICE_FLAG_PLUG_AUX_DEV, pf->flags))
+	if (test_bit(ICE_FLAG_PLUG_AUX_DEV, pf->flags)) {
+		/* Plug aux device per request */
 		ice_plug_aux_dev(pf);
 
+		/* Mark plugging as done but check whether unplug was
+		 * requested during ice_plug_aux_dev() call
+		 * (e.g. from ice_clear_rdma_cap()) and if so then
+		 * plug aux device.
+		 */
+		if (!test_and_clear_bit(ICE_FLAG_PLUG_AUX_DEV, pf->flags))
+			ice_unplug_aux_dev(pf);
+	}
+
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(ICE_FLAG_MTU_CHANGED, pf->flags)) {
 		struct iidc_event *event;