diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
index 2e55e0088871..20e3f8cd074a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
@@ -147,8 +147,12 @@ static void cmd_ent_put(struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent *ent)
 	if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&ent->refcnt))
 		return;
 
-	if (ent->idx >= 0)
-		cmd_free_index(ent->cmd, ent->idx);
+	if (ent->idx >= 0) {
+		struct mlx5_cmd *cmd = ent->cmd;
+
+		cmd_free_index(cmd, ent->idx);
+		up(ent->page_queue ? &cmd->pages_sem : &cmd->sem);
+	}
 
 	cmd_free_ent(ent);
 }
@@ -1582,8 +1586,6 @@ static void mlx5_cmd_comp_handler(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u64 vec, bool force
 	vector = vec & 0xffffffff;
 	for (i = 0; i < (1 << cmd->log_sz); i++) {
 		if (test_bit(i, &vector)) {
-			struct semaphore *sem;
-
 			ent = cmd->ent_arr[i];
 
 			/* if we already completed the command, ignore it */
@@ -1606,10 +1608,6 @@ static void mlx5_cmd_comp_handler(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u64 vec, bool force
 			    dev->state == MLX5_DEVICE_STATE_INTERNAL_ERROR)
 				cmd_ent_put(ent);
 
-			if (ent->page_queue)
-				sem = &cmd->pages_sem;
-			else
-				sem = &cmd->sem;
 			ent->ts2 = ktime_get_ns();
 			memcpy(ent->out->first.data, ent->lay->out, sizeof(ent->lay->out));
 			dump_command(dev, ent, 0);
@@ -1663,7 +1661,6 @@ static void mlx5_cmd_comp_handler(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u64 vec, bool force
 				 */
 				complete(&ent->done);
 			}
-			up(sem);
 		}
 	}
 }