diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/eq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/eq.c
index 9e48509ed3b2..414e390e6b48 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/eq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/eq.c
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ static void mlx4_set_eq_affinity_hint(struct mlx4_priv *priv, int vec)
 	    cpumask_empty(eq->affinity_mask))
 		return;
 
-	hint_err = irq_set_affinity_hint(eq->irq, eq->affinity_mask);
+	hint_err = irq_update_affinity_hint(eq->irq, eq->affinity_mask);
 	if (hint_err)
-		mlx4_warn(dev, "irq_set_affinity_hint failed, err %d\n", hint_err);
+		mlx4_warn(dev, "irq_update_affinity_hint failed, err %d\n", hint_err);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -1123,9 +1123,7 @@ static void mlx4_free_irqs(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->caps.num_comp_vectors + 1; ++i)
 		if (eq_table->eq[i].have_irq) {
 			free_cpumask_var(eq_table->eq[i].affinity_mask);
-#if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-			irq_set_affinity_hint(eq_table->eq[i].irq, NULL);
-#endif
+			irq_update_affinity_hint(eq_table->eq[i].irq, NULL);
 			free_irq(eq_table->eq[i].irq, eq_table->eq + i);
 			eq_table->eq[i].have_irq = 0;
 		}