diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/device.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/device.c
index 2f5a4da707e7..80205d8584ce 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/device.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/device.c
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ int hl_device_reset(struct hl_device *hdev, bool hard_reset,
 	 * can't really exit until all its CSs are done, which is what we
 	 * do in cs rollback
 	 */
-	if (from_hard_reset_thread)
+	if (hard_reset)
 		device_kill_open_processes(hdev);
 
 	/* Release kernel context */