diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
index 88f8772a61cd52..497b777b6a34ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
@@ -1370,7 +1370,6 @@ int otx2_sq_aura_pool_init(struct otx2_nic *pfvf)
 	if (err)
 		goto fail;
 
-	get_cpu();
 	/* Allocate pointers and free them to aura/pool */
 	for (qidx = 0; qidx < hw->tot_tx_queues; qidx++) {
 		pool_id = otx2_get_pool_idx(pfvf, AURA_NIX_SQ, qidx);
@@ -1388,13 +1387,14 @@ int otx2_sq_aura_pool_init(struct otx2_nic *pfvf)
 			err = otx2_alloc_rbuf(pfvf, pool, &bufptr);
 			if (err)
 				goto err_mem;
+			get_cpu();
 			pfvf->hw_ops->aura_freeptr(pfvf, pool_id, bufptr);
+			put_cpu();
 			sq->sqb_ptrs[sq->sqb_count++] = (u64)bufptr;
 		}
 	}
 
 err_mem:
-	put_cpu();
 	return err ? -ENOMEM : 0;
 
 fail: