diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 70c156591b0b..9e0c9e6266a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -2189,6 +2189,7 @@ static void shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	mlx5_core_info(dev, "Shutdown was called\n");
 	set_bit(MLX5_BREAK_FW_WAIT, &dev->intf_state);
+	mlx5_drain_fw_reset(dev);
 	mlx5_drain_health_wq(dev);
 	err = mlx5_try_fast_unload(dev);
 	if (err)