diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 540840e80493b083e9d784caa40ef78df4b4f731..f36a3aa4b5c8ff98fa283780fd0a8aa41eac673e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -1364,8 +1364,8 @@ static void mlx5_unload(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
 	mlx5_devlink_traps_unregister(priv_to_devlink(dev));
 	mlx5_sf_dev_table_destroy(dev);
-	mlx5_sriov_detach(dev);
 	mlx5_eswitch_disable(dev->priv.eswitch);
+	mlx5_sriov_detach(dev);
 	mlx5_lag_remove_mdev(dev);
 	mlx5_ec_cleanup(dev);
 	mlx5_sf_hw_table_destroy(dev);