diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/selq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/selq.c
index 823dc572360a..67a2aa1b5a93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/selq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/selq.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ int mlx5e_selq_init(struct mlx5e_selq *selq, struct mutex *state_lock)
 
 void mlx5e_selq_cleanup(struct mlx5e_selq *selq)
 {
+	mutex_lock(selq->state_lock);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(selq->is_prepared);
 
 	kvfree(selq->standby);
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ void mlx5e_selq_cleanup(struct mlx5e_selq *selq)
 
 	kvfree(selq->standby);
 	selq->standby = NULL;
+	mutex_unlock(selq->state_lock);
 }
 
 void mlx5e_selq_prepare_params(struct mlx5e_selq *selq, struct mlx5e_params *params)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 58b8dbe0ed25..2ed4317157f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -5420,9 +5420,7 @@ void mlx5e_priv_cleanup(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 	kfree(priv->tx_rates);
 	kfree(priv->txq2sq);
 	destroy_workqueue(priv->wq);
-	mutex_lock(&priv->state_lock);
 	mlx5e_selq_cleanup(&priv->selq);
-	mutex_unlock(&priv->state_lock);
 	free_cpumask_var(priv->scratchpad.cpumask);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < priv->htb_max_qos_sqs; i++)