diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/qos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/qos.c
index 37db19584c14..92861f102590 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/qos.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/qos.c
@@ -1560,6 +1560,7 @@ static int otx2_qos_leaf_del_last(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, u16 classid, bool force
 	if (!node->is_static)
 		dwrr_del_node = true;
 
+	WRITE_ONCE(node->qid, OTX2_QOS_QID_INNER);
 	/* destroy the leaf node */
 	otx2_qos_disable_sq(pfvf, qid);
 	otx2_qos_destroy_node(pfvf, node);
@@ -1604,9 +1605,6 @@ static int otx2_qos_leaf_del_last(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, u16 classid, bool force
 	}
 	kfree(new_cfg);
 
-	/* update tx_real_queues */
-	otx2_qos_update_tx_netdev_queues(pfvf);
-
 	return 0;
 }