diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 76cb572024743..53065b6ae5937 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -1450,9 +1450,6 @@ static int esw_offloads_stop(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* enable back PF RoCE */
-	mlx5_reload_interface(esw->dev, MLX5_INTERFACE_PROTOCOL_IB);
-
 	return err;
 }