diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index be81b319b0dc..085e1133b8d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -693,6 +693,11 @@ static int mlx5_pci_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_priv *priv)
 		goto err_clr_master;
 	}
 
+	if (pci_enable_atomic_ops_to_root(pdev, PCI_EXP_DEVCAP2_ATOMIC_COMP32) &&
+	    pci_enable_atomic_ops_to_root(pdev, PCI_EXP_DEVCAP2_ATOMIC_COMP64) &&
+	    pci_enable_atomic_ops_to_root(pdev, PCI_EXP_DEVCAP2_ATOMIC_COMP128))
+		mlx5_core_dbg(dev, "Enabling pci atomics failed\n");
+
 	dev->iseg_base = pci_resource_start(dev->pdev, 0);
 	dev->iseg = ioremap(dev->iseg_base, sizeof(*dev->iseg));
 	if (!dev->iseg) {