diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index e5f9df7f7e341..10f72b89ac8ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ static int mlx5_pci_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	struct mlx5_priv *priv = &dev->priv;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	mutex_init(&dev->pci_status_mutex);
 	pci_set_drvdata(dev->pdev, dev);
 
 	dev->bar_addr = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0);
@@ -1256,7 +1257,6 @@ static int mlx5_mdev_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int profile_idx)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->ctx_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->ctx_lock);
-	mutex_init(&dev->pci_status_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&dev->intf_state_mutex);
 
 	mutex_init(&priv->bfregs.reg_head.lock);