diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/clock.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/clock.c
index 973babfaff25cd..377372f0578ae4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/clock.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/clock.c
@@ -227,10 +227,15 @@ static void mlx5_timestamp_overflow(struct work_struct *work)
 	clock = container_of(timer, struct mlx5_clock, timer);
 	mdev = container_of(clock, struct mlx5_core_dev, clock);
 
+	if (mdev->state == MLX5_DEVICE_STATE_INTERNAL_ERROR)
+		goto out;
+
 	write_seqlock_irqsave(&clock->lock, flags);
 	timecounter_read(&timer->tc);
 	mlx5_update_clock_info_page(mdev);
 	write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&clock->lock, flags);
+
+out:
 	schedule_delayed_work(&timer->overflow_work, timer->overflow_period);
 }