diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
index 5df9b25cab27..1019c9efedea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
@@ -3126,6 +3126,7 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_ports_remove(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp)
 			mlxsw_sp_port_remove(mlxsw_sp, i);
 	kfree(mlxsw_sp->port_to_module);
 	kfree(mlxsw_sp->ports);
+	mlxsw_sp->ports = NULL;
 }
 
 static int mlxsw_sp_ports_create(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp)
@@ -3174,6 +3175,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_ports_create(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp)
 	kfree(mlxsw_sp->port_to_module);
 err_port_to_module_alloc:
 	kfree(mlxsw_sp->ports);
+	mlxsw_sp->ports = NULL;
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -3228,6 +3230,14 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_port_unsplit_create(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 	}
 }
 
+static struct mlxsw_sp_port *
+mlxsw_sp_port_get_by_local_port(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp, u8 local_port)
+{
+	if (mlxsw_sp->ports && mlxsw_sp->ports[local_port])
+		return mlxsw_sp->ports[local_port];
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static int mlxsw_sp_port_split(struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core, u8 local_port,
 			       unsigned int count,
 			       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
@@ -3238,7 +3248,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_port_split(struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core, u8 local_port,
 	int i;
 	int err;
 
-	mlxsw_sp_port = mlxsw_sp->ports[local_port];
+	mlxsw_sp_port = mlxsw_sp_port_get_by_local_port(mlxsw_sp, local_port);
 	if (!mlxsw_sp_port) {
 		dev_err(mlxsw_sp->bus_info->dev, "Port number \"%d\" does not exist\n",
 			local_port);
@@ -3305,7 +3315,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_port_unsplit(struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core, u8 local_port,
 	unsigned int count;
 	int i;
 
-	mlxsw_sp_port = mlxsw_sp->ports[local_port];
+	mlxsw_sp_port = mlxsw_sp_port_get_by_local_port(mlxsw_sp, local_port);
 	if (!mlxsw_sp_port) {
 		dev_err(mlxsw_sp->bus_info->dev, "Port number \"%d\" does not exist\n",
 			local_port);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
index 2d4f213e154d..b22c190e001d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
@@ -1289,6 +1289,7 @@ static void mlxsw_sx_ports_remove(struct mlxsw_sx *mlxsw_sx)
 		if (mlxsw_sx_port_created(mlxsw_sx, i))
 			mlxsw_sx_port_remove(mlxsw_sx, i);
 	kfree(mlxsw_sx->ports);
+	mlxsw_sx->ports = NULL;
 }
 
 static int mlxsw_sx_ports_create(struct mlxsw_sx *mlxsw_sx)
@@ -1323,6 +1324,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sx_ports_create(struct mlxsw_sx *mlxsw_sx)
 		if (mlxsw_sx_port_created(mlxsw_sx, i))
 			mlxsw_sx_port_remove(mlxsw_sx, i);
 	kfree(mlxsw_sx->ports);
+	mlxsw_sx->ports = NULL;
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1406,6 +1408,12 @@ static int mlxsw_sx_port_type_set(struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core, u8 local_port,
 	u8 module, width;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!mlxsw_sx->ports || !mlxsw_sx->ports[local_port]) {
+		dev_err(mlxsw_sx->bus_info->dev, "Port number \"%d\" does not exist\n",
+			local_port);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (new_type == DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_AUTO)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;