diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 7722df2cd7ea..313a940bd50c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -7241,23 +7241,26 @@ static void bnxt_clear_int_mode(struct bnxt *bp)
 int bnxt_reserve_rings(struct bnxt *bp)
 {
 	int tcs = netdev_get_num_tc(bp->dev);
+	bool reinit_irq = false;
 	int rc;
 
 	if (!bnxt_need_reserve_rings(bp))
 		return 0;
 
-	rc = __bnxt_reserve_rings(bp);
-	if (rc) {
-		netdev_err(bp->dev, "ring reservation failure rc: %d\n", rc);
-		return rc;
-	}
 	if (BNXT_NEW_RM(bp) && (bnxt_get_num_msix(bp) != bp->total_irqs)) {
 		bnxt_ulp_irq_stop(bp);
 		bnxt_clear_int_mode(bp);
-		rc = bnxt_init_int_mode(bp);
+		reinit_irq = true;
+	}
+	rc = __bnxt_reserve_rings(bp);
+	if (reinit_irq) {
+		if (!rc)
+			rc = bnxt_init_int_mode(bp);
 		bnxt_ulp_irq_restart(bp, rc);
-		if (rc)
-			return rc;
+	}
+	if (rc) {
+		netdev_err(bp->dev, "ring reservation/IRQ init failure rc: %d\n", rc);
+		return rc;
 	}
 	if (tcs && (bp->tx_nr_rings_per_tc * tcs != bp->tx_nr_rings)) {
 		netdev_err(bp->dev, "tx ring reservation failure\n");