diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
index 06019d00ab7b..5abfec1c3399 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
@@ -926,12 +926,16 @@ static int mlx5_nic_vport_update_roce_state(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 
 int mlx5_nic_vport_enable_roce(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 {
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&mdev->roce.roce_en) != 1)
+		return 0;
 	return mlx5_nic_vport_update_roce_state(mdev, MLX5_VPORT_ROCE_ENABLED);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mlx5_nic_vport_enable_roce);
 
 int mlx5_nic_vport_disable_roce(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 {
+	if (atomic_dec_return(&mdev->roce.roce_en) != 0)
+		return 0;
 	return mlx5_nic_vport_update_roce_state(mdev, MLX5_VPORT_ROCE_DISABLED);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mlx5_nic_vport_disable_roce);
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
index 08e99bd2cd77..32b0835d4491 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ struct mlx5_core_dev {
 	struct mlx5e_resources  mlx5e_res;
 	struct {
 		struct mlx5_rsvd_gids	reserved_gids;
+		atomic_t                roce_en;
 	} roce;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_FPGA
 	struct mlx5_fpga_device *fpga;