diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
index 3e1c70c74622..b9712040a0bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
@@ -804,6 +804,7 @@ void otx2_txschq_free_one(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, u16 lvl, u16 schq)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&pfvf->mbox.lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(otx2_txschq_free_one);
 
 void otx2_txschq_stop(struct otx2_nic *pfvf)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_dcbnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_dcbnl.c
index ccaf97bb1ce0..6492749dd7c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_dcbnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_dcbnl.c
@@ -125,19 +125,12 @@ int otx2_pfc_txschq_alloc(struct otx2_nic *pfvf)
 
 static int otx2_pfc_txschq_stop_one(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, u8 prio)
 {
-	struct nix_txsch_free_req *free_req;
+	int lvl;
 
-	mutex_lock(&pfvf->mbox.lock);
 	/* free PFC TLx nodes */
-	free_req = otx2_mbox_alloc_msg_nix_txsch_free(&pfvf->mbox);
-	if (!free_req) {
-		mutex_unlock(&pfvf->mbox.lock);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	free_req->flags = TXSCHQ_FREE_ALL;
-	otx2_sync_mbox_msg(&pfvf->mbox);
-	mutex_unlock(&pfvf->mbox.lock);
+	for (lvl = 0; lvl < pfvf->hw.txschq_link_cfg_lvl; lvl++)
+		otx2_txschq_free_one(pfvf, lvl,
+				     pfvf->pfc_schq_list[lvl][prio]);
 
 	pfvf->pfc_alloc_status[prio] = false;
 	return 0;