diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
index 75ff58dc1ff5..c3516598de9e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
@@ -1136,6 +1136,7 @@ void mlx5_cmd_comp_handler(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, unsigned long vector)
 				mlx5_free_cmd_msg(dev, ent->out);
 				free_msg(dev, ent->in);
 
+				err = err ? err : ent->status;
 				free_cmd(ent);
 				callback(err, context);
 			} else {