diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c
index 8b7c843446e1..07a28073a49e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c
@@ -591,8 +591,11 @@ static int mlx5_esw_qos_vport_enable(struct mlx5_vport *vport, enum sched_node_t
 	sched_node->vport = vport;
 	vport->qos.sched_node = sched_node;
 	err = esw_qos_vport_enable(vport, parent, extack);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		__esw_qos_free_node(sched_node);
 		esw_qos_put(esw);
+		vport->qos.sched_node = NULL;
+	}
 
 	return err;
 }