diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
index 6698ac55a4bf..73cf0321bb86 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
@@ -107,9 +107,7 @@ mlx5_devlink_info_get(struct devlink *devlink, struct devlink_info_req *req,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	err = mlx5_fw_version_query(dev, &running_fw, &stored_fw);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	mlx5_fw_version_query(dev, &running_fw, &stored_fw);
 
 	snprintf(version_str, sizeof(version_str), "%d.%d.%04d",
 		 mlx5_fw_ver_major(running_fw), mlx5_fw_ver_minor(running_fw),
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 7a9ee36b8dca..01f6aecc4fcc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -3761,6 +3761,8 @@ int esw_offloads_enable(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
 	return 0;
 
 err_vports:
+	/* rollback to legacy, indicates don't unregister the uplink netdev */
+	esw->dev->priv.flags |= MLX5_PRIV_FLAGS_SWITCH_LEGACY;
 	mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_unload(esw, MLX5_VPORT_UPLINK);
 err_uplink:
 	esw_offloads_steering_cleanup(esw);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw.c
index eeb4437975f2..c1f220e5fe18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw.c
@@ -822,48 +822,63 @@ mlx5_fw_image_pending(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int mlx5_fw_version_query(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
-			  u32 *running_ver, u32 *pending_ver)
+void mlx5_fw_version_query(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
+			   u32 *running_ver, u32 *pending_ver)
 {
 	u32 reg_mcqi_version[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(mcqi_version)] = {};
 	bool pending_version_exists;
 	int component_index;
 	int err;
 
+	*running_ver = 0;
+	*pending_ver = 0;
+
 	if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, mcam_reg) || !MLX5_CAP_MCAM_REG(dev, mcqi) ||
 	    !MLX5_CAP_MCAM_REG(dev, mcqs)) {
 		mlx5_core_warn(dev, "fw query isn't supported by the FW\n");
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	component_index = mlx5_get_boot_img_component_index(dev);
-	if (component_index < 0)
-		return component_index;
+	if (component_index < 0) {
+		mlx5_core_warn(dev, "fw query failed to find boot img component index, err %d\n",
+			       component_index);
+		return;
+	}
 
+	*running_ver = U32_MAX; /* indicate failure */
 	err = mlx5_reg_mcqi_version_query(dev, component_index,
 					  MCQI_FW_RUNNING_VERSION,
 					  reg_mcqi_version);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	*running_ver = MLX5_GET(mcqi_version, reg_mcqi_version, version);
+	if (!err)
+		*running_ver = MLX5_GET(mcqi_version, reg_mcqi_version,
+					version);
+	else
+		mlx5_core_warn(dev, "failed to query running version, err %d\n",
+			       err);
 
+	*pending_ver = U32_MAX; /* indicate failure */
 	err = mlx5_fw_image_pending(dev, component_index, &pending_version_exists);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	if (err) {
+		mlx5_core_warn(dev, "failed to query pending image, err %d\n",
+			       err);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	if (!pending_version_exists) {
 		*pending_ver = 0;
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	err = mlx5_reg_mcqi_version_query(dev, component_index,
 					  MCQI_FW_STORED_VERSION,
 					  reg_mcqi_version);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	if (!err)
+		*pending_ver = MLX5_GET(mcqi_version, reg_mcqi_version,
+					version);
+	else
+		mlx5_core_warn(dev, "failed to query pending version, err %d\n",
+			       err);
 
-	*pending_ver = MLX5_GET(mcqi_version, reg_mcqi_version, version);
-
-	return 0;
+	return;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/debugfs.c
index 62b6faa4276a..b8d5f6a44d26 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/debugfs.c
@@ -160,8 +160,11 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(members);
 
 void mlx5_ldev_add_debugfs(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
+	struct mlx5_lag *ldev = mlx5_lag_dev(dev);
 	struct dentry *dbg;
 
+	if (!ldev)
+		return;
 	dbg = debugfs_create_dir("lag", mlx5_debugfs_get_dev_root(dev));
 	dev->priv.dbg.lag_debugfs = dbg;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
index b635b423d972..1507e881d962 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
@@ -393,8 +393,8 @@ int mlx5_port_max_linkspeed(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u32 *speed);
 
 int mlx5_firmware_flash(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, const struct firmware *fw,
 			struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
-int mlx5_fw_version_query(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
-			  u32 *running_ver, u32 *stored_ver);
+void mlx5_fw_version_query(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u32 *running_ver,
+			   u32 *stored_ver);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN
 int mlx5e_init(void);