diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
index fe0b8a38d44e3c..080881c94c5a40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
@@ -1476,11 +1476,18 @@ static int mlxsw_pci_sys_ready_wait(struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci,
 	return -EBUSY;
 }
 
+static int mlxsw_pci_reset_sw(struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci)
+{
+	char mrsr_pl[MLXSW_REG_MRSR_LEN];
+
+	mlxsw_reg_mrsr_pack(mrsr_pl, MLXSW_REG_MRSR_COMMAND_SOFTWARE_RESET);
+	return mlxsw_reg_write(mlxsw_pci->core, MLXSW_REG(mrsr), mrsr_pl);
+}
+
 static int
 mlxsw_pci_reset(struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 {
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = mlxsw_pci->pdev;
-	char mrsr_pl[MLXSW_REG_MRSR_LEN];
 	u32 sys_status;
 	int err;
 
@@ -1491,8 +1498,7 @@ mlxsw_pci_reset(struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	mlxsw_reg_mrsr_pack(mrsr_pl, MLXSW_REG_MRSR_COMMAND_SOFTWARE_RESET);
-	err = mlxsw_reg_write(mlxsw_pci->core, MLXSW_REG(mrsr), mrsr_pl);
+	err = mlxsw_pci_reset_sw(mlxsw_pci);
 	if (err)
 		return err;