diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/dev/dev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/dev/dev.c
index 6a0c6f965ad1..fa0288afc0dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/dev/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/dev/dev.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ mlx5_sf_dev_state_change_handler(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event_
 	sf_index = event->function_id - base_id;
 	sf_dev = xa_load(&table->devices, sf_index);
 	switch (event->new_vhca_state) {
+	case MLX5_VHCA_STATE_INVALID:
 	case MLX5_VHCA_STATE_ALLOCATED:
 		if (sf_dev)
 			mlx5_sf_dev_del(table->dev, sf_dev, sf_index);