diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index d6fbad8f34aa..552f7bd4ecc3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -4174,9 +4174,9 @@ static void *mlx5_ib_add(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 err_uar_page:
 	mlx5_put_uars_page(dev->mdev, dev->mdev->priv.uar);
 
-err_cnt:
-	mlx5_ib_cleanup_cong_debugfs(dev);
 err_cong:
+	mlx5_ib_cleanup_cong_debugfs(dev);
+err_cnt:
 	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, max_qp_cnt))
 		mlx5_ib_dealloc_counters(dev);