diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cq.c
index 7431cd4d73909fec3890f7a459d80338f9928a90..3348e646db705f41ff1cb3923d4d1533aea80e2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cq.c
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ void mlx4_cq_free(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_cq *cq)
 		mlx4_warn(dev, "HW2SW_CQ failed (%d) for CQN %06x\n", err, cq->cqn);
 
 	synchronize_irq(priv->eq_table.eq[MLX4_CQ_TO_EQ_VECTOR(cq->vector)].irq);
+	if (priv->eq_table.eq[MLX4_CQ_TO_EQ_VECTOR(cq->vector)].irq !=
+	    priv->eq_table.eq[MLX4_EQ_ASYNC].irq)
+		synchronize_irq(priv->eq_table.eq[MLX4_EQ_ASYNC].irq);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&cq_table->lock);
 	radix_tree_delete(&cq_table->tree, cq->cqn);