diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
index 562c7936bbad..97cac57dcb3d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
@@ -45,13 +45,14 @@ static struct mlx5_ib_ucontext *devx_ufile2uctx(struct ib_uverbs_file *file)
 	return to_mucontext(ib_uverbs_get_ucontext(file));
 }
 
-int mlx5_ib_devx_create(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct mlx5_ib_ucontext *context)
+int mlx5_ib_devx_create(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 {
 	u32 in[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(create_uctx_in)] = {0};
 	u32 out[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(general_obj_out_cmd_hdr)] = {0};
 	u64 general_obj_types;
 	void *hdr;
 	int err;
+	u16 uid;
 
 	hdr = MLX5_ADDR_OF(create_uctx_in, in, hdr);
 
@@ -70,19 +71,18 @@ int mlx5_ib_devx_create(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct mlx5_ib_ucontext *contex
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	context->devx_uid = MLX5_GET(general_obj_out_cmd_hdr, out, obj_id);
-	return 0;
+	uid = MLX5_GET(general_obj_out_cmd_hdr, out, obj_id);
+	return uid;
 }
 
-void mlx5_ib_devx_destroy(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
-			  struct mlx5_ib_ucontext *context)
+void mlx5_ib_devx_destroy(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, u16 uid)
 {
 	u32 in[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(general_obj_in_cmd_hdr)] = {0};
 	u32 out[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(general_obj_out_cmd_hdr)] = {0};
 
 	MLX5_SET(general_obj_in_cmd_hdr, in, opcode, MLX5_CMD_OP_DESTROY_GENERAL_OBJECT);
 	MLX5_SET(general_obj_in_cmd_hdr, in, obj_type, MLX5_OBJ_TYPE_UCTX);
-	MLX5_SET(general_obj_in_cmd_hdr, in, obj_id, context->devx_uid);
+	MLX5_SET(general_obj_in_cmd_hdr, in, obj_id, uid);
 
 	mlx5_cmd_exec(dev->mdev, in, sizeof(in), out, sizeof(out));
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 597cd3c171c9..10e59923e95b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -1765,9 +1765,10 @@ static struct ib_ucontext *mlx5_ib_alloc_ucontext(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 			goto out_uars;
 		}
 
-		err = mlx5_ib_devx_create(dev, context);
-		if (err)
+		err = mlx5_ib_devx_create(dev);
+		if (err < 0)
 			goto out_uars;
+		context->devx_uid = err;
 	}
 
 	err = mlx5_ib_alloc_transport_domain(dev, &context->tdn,
@@ -1870,7 +1871,7 @@ out_mdev:
 	mlx5_ib_dealloc_transport_domain(dev, context->tdn, context->devx_uid);
 out_devx:
 	if (req.flags & MLX5_IB_ALLOC_UCTX_DEVX)
-		mlx5_ib_devx_destroy(dev, context);
+		mlx5_ib_devx_destroy(dev, context->devx_uid);
 
 out_uars:
 	deallocate_uars(dev, context);
@@ -1904,7 +1905,7 @@ static int mlx5_ib_dealloc_ucontext(struct ib_ucontext *ibcontext)
 	mlx5_ib_dealloc_transport_domain(dev, context->tdn, context->devx_uid);
 
 	if (context->devx_uid)
-		mlx5_ib_devx_destroy(dev, context);
+		mlx5_ib_devx_destroy(dev, context->devx_uid);
 
 	deallocate_uars(dev, context);
 	kfree(bfregi->sys_pages);
@@ -6189,6 +6190,8 @@ void __mlx5_ib_remove(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 			profile->stage[stage].cleanup(dev);
 	}
 
+	if (dev->devx_whitelist_uid)
+		mlx5_ib_devx_destroy(dev, dev->devx_whitelist_uid);
 	ib_dealloc_device((struct ib_device *)dev);
 }
 
@@ -6197,6 +6200,7 @@ void *__mlx5_ib_add(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 {
 	int err;
 	int i;
+	int uid;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MLX5_IB_STAGE_MAX; i++) {
 		if (profile->stage[i].init) {
@@ -6206,6 +6210,10 @@ void *__mlx5_ib_add(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 		}
 	}
 
+	uid = mlx5_ib_devx_create(dev);
+	if (uid > 0)
+		dev->devx_whitelist_uid = uid;
+
 	dev->profile = profile;
 	dev->ib_active = true;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
index 5ada28d6e5e9..e5ec3fdaa4d5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
@@ -925,6 +925,7 @@ struct mlx5_ib_dev {
 	struct list_head	ib_dev_list;
 	u64			sys_image_guid;
 	struct mlx5_memic	memic;
+	u16			devx_whitelist_uid;
 };
 
 static inline struct mlx5_ib_cq *to_mibcq(struct mlx5_core_cq *mcq)
@@ -1249,10 +1250,8 @@ void mlx5_ib_put_native_port_mdev(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 				  u8 port_num);
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS)
-int mlx5_ib_devx_create(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
-			struct mlx5_ib_ucontext *context);
-void mlx5_ib_devx_destroy(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
-			  struct mlx5_ib_ucontext *context);
+int mlx5_ib_devx_create(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev);
+void mlx5_ib_devx_destroy(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, u16 uid);
 const struct uverbs_object_tree_def *mlx5_ib_get_devx_tree(void);
 struct mlx5_ib_flow_handler *mlx5_ib_raw_fs_rule_add(
 	struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct mlx5_ib_flow_matcher *fs_matcher,
@@ -1263,10 +1262,8 @@ int mlx5_ib_get_flow_trees(const struct uverbs_object_tree_def **root);
 void mlx5_ib_destroy_flow_action_raw(struct mlx5_ib_flow_action *maction);
 #else
 static inline int
-mlx5_ib_devx_create(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
-		    struct mlx5_ib_ucontext *context) { return -EOPNOTSUPP; };
-static inline void mlx5_ib_devx_destroy(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
-					struct mlx5_ib_ucontext *context) {}
+mlx5_ib_devx_create(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev) { return -EOPNOTSUPP; };
+static inline void mlx5_ib_devx_destroy(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, u16 uid) {}
 static inline const struct uverbs_object_tree_def *
 mlx5_ib_get_devx_tree(void) { return NULL; }
 static inline bool mlx5_ib_devx_is_flow_dest(void *obj, int *dest_id,