diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index dd64878e5b38..d4b0f270b6bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -4765,7 +4765,7 @@ static void mlx5e_tc_hairpin_update_dead_peer(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(hpe, tmp, &init_wait_list, dead_peer_wait_list) {
 		wait_for_completion(&hpe->res_ready);
 		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(hpe->hp) && hpe->peer_vhca_id == peer_vhca_id)
-			hpe->hp->pair->peer_gone = true;
+			mlx5_core_hairpin_clear_dead_peer(hpe->hp->pair);
 
 		mlx5e_hairpin_put(priv, hpe);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/transobj.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/transobj.c
index 01cc00ad8acf..b6931bbe52d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/transobj.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/transobj.c
@@ -424,6 +424,15 @@ static int mlx5_hairpin_pair_queues(struct mlx5_hairpin *hp)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static void mlx5_hairpin_unpair_peer_sq(struct mlx5_hairpin *hp)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < hp->num_channels; i++)
+		mlx5_hairpin_modify_sq(hp->peer_mdev, hp->sqn[i], MLX5_SQC_STATE_RDY,
+				       MLX5_SQC_STATE_RST, 0, 0);
+}
+
 static void mlx5_hairpin_unpair_queues(struct mlx5_hairpin *hp)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -432,13 +441,9 @@ static void mlx5_hairpin_unpair_queues(struct mlx5_hairpin *hp)
 	for (i = 0; i < hp->num_channels; i++)
 		mlx5_hairpin_modify_rq(hp->func_mdev, hp->rqn[i], MLX5_RQC_STATE_RDY,
 				       MLX5_RQC_STATE_RST, 0, 0);
-
 	/* unset peer SQs */
-	if (hp->peer_gone)
-		return;
-	for (i = 0; i < hp->num_channels; i++)
-		mlx5_hairpin_modify_sq(hp->peer_mdev, hp->sqn[i], MLX5_SQC_STATE_RDY,
-				       MLX5_SQC_STATE_RST, 0, 0);
+	if (!hp->peer_gone)
+		mlx5_hairpin_unpair_peer_sq(hp);
 }
 
 struct mlx5_hairpin *
@@ -485,3 +490,16 @@ void mlx5_core_hairpin_destroy(struct mlx5_hairpin *hp)
 	mlx5_hairpin_destroy_queues(hp);
 	kfree(hp);
 }
+
+void mlx5_core_hairpin_clear_dead_peer(struct mlx5_hairpin *hp)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	mlx5_hairpin_unpair_peer_sq(hp);
+
+	/* destroy peer SQ */
+	for (i = 0; i < hp->num_channels; i++)
+		mlx5_core_destroy_sq(hp->peer_mdev, hp->sqn[i]);
+
+	hp->peer_gone = true;
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/transobj.h b/include/linux/mlx5/transobj.h
index 028f442530cf..60ffeb6b67ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/transobj.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/transobj.h
@@ -85,4 +85,5 @@ mlx5_core_hairpin_create(struct mlx5_core_dev *func_mdev,
 			 struct mlx5_hairpin_params *params);
 
 void mlx5_core_hairpin_destroy(struct mlx5_hairpin *pair);
+void mlx5_core_hairpin_clear_dead_peer(struct mlx5_hairpin *hp);
 #endif /* __TRANSOBJ_H__ */