diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
index 7777528f67fb..d0235aa2aebc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
@@ -4498,6 +4498,25 @@ void mlxsw_sp_port_dev_put(struct mlxsw_sp_port *mlxsw_sp_port)
 	dev_put(mlxsw_sp_port->dev);
 }
 
+static void
+mlxsw_sp_port_lag_uppers_cleanup(struct mlxsw_sp_port *mlxsw_sp_port,
+				 struct net_device *lag_dev)
+{
+	struct net_device *br_dev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get(lag_dev);
+	struct net_device *upper_dev;
+	struct list_head *iter;
+
+	if (netif_is_bridge_port(lag_dev))
+		mlxsw_sp_port_bridge_leave(mlxsw_sp_port, lag_dev, br_dev);
+
+	netdev_for_each_upper_dev_rcu(lag_dev, upper_dev, iter) {
+		if (!netif_is_bridge_port(upper_dev))
+			continue;
+		br_dev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get(upper_dev);
+		mlxsw_sp_port_bridge_leave(mlxsw_sp_port, upper_dev, br_dev);
+	}
+}
+
 static int mlxsw_sp_lag_create(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp, u16 lag_id)
 {
 	char sldr_pl[MLXSW_REG_SLDR_LEN];
@@ -4690,6 +4709,10 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_port_lag_leave(struct mlxsw_sp_port *mlxsw_sp_port,
 
 	/* Any VLANs configured on the port are no longer valid */
 	mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_flush(mlxsw_sp_port);
+	/* Make the LAG and its directly linked uppers leave bridges they
+	 * are memeber in
+	 */
+	mlxsw_sp_port_lag_uppers_cleanup(mlxsw_sp_port, lag_dev);
 
 	if (lag->ref_count == 1)
 		mlxsw_sp_lag_destroy(mlxsw_sp, lag_id);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c
index 0b2f724d9a0c..4b7ef83c19c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c
@@ -290,30 +290,6 @@ mlxsw_sp_bridge_port_destroy(struct mlxsw_sp_bridge_port *bridge_port)
 	kfree(bridge_port);
 }
 
-static bool
-mlxsw_sp_bridge_port_should_destroy(const struct mlxsw_sp_bridge_port *
-				    bridge_port)
-{
-	struct net_device *dev = bridge_port->dev;
-	struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp;
-
-	if (is_vlan_dev(dev))
-		mlxsw_sp = mlxsw_sp_lower_get(vlan_dev_real_dev(dev));
-	else
-		mlxsw_sp = mlxsw_sp_lower_get(dev);
-
-	/* In case ports were pulled from out of a bridged LAG, then
-	 * it's possible the reference count isn't zero, yet the bridge
-	 * port should be destroyed, as it's no longer an upper of ours.
-	 */
-	if (!mlxsw_sp && list_empty(&bridge_port->vlans_list))
-		return true;
-	else if (bridge_port->ref_count == 0)
-		return true;
-	else
-		return false;
-}
-
 static struct mlxsw_sp_bridge_port *
 mlxsw_sp_bridge_port_get(struct mlxsw_sp_bridge *bridge,
 			 struct net_device *brport_dev)
@@ -351,8 +327,7 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_bridge_port_put(struct mlxsw_sp_bridge *bridge,
 {
 	struct mlxsw_sp_bridge_device *bridge_device;
 
-	bridge_port->ref_count--;
-	if (!mlxsw_sp_bridge_port_should_destroy(bridge_port))
+	if (--bridge_port->ref_count != 0)
 		return;
 	bridge_device = bridge_port->bridge_device;
 	mlxsw_sp_bridge_port_destroy(bridge_port);