diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
index 91b99fd70361..ba95ac913274 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
@@ -1934,6 +1934,8 @@ int otx2_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
 	/* Clear RSS enable flag */
 	rss = &pf->hw.rss_info;
 	rss->enable = false;
+	if (!netif_is_rxfh_configured(netdev))
+		kfree(rss->rss_ctx[DEFAULT_RSS_CONTEXT_GROUP]);
 
 	/* Cleanup Queue IRQ */
 	vec = pci_irq_vector(pf->pdev,