diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
index c634a78d5cddc..6784545354601 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
@@ -503,7 +503,8 @@ static int cq_err_event_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 		return NOTIFY_OK;
 	}
 
-	cq->event(cq, type);
+	if (cq->event)
+		cq->event(cq, type);
 
 	mlx5_cq_put(cq);