diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_counters.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_counters.c
index c7e7438752bc..b3c6c066b601 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_counters.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_counters.c
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ static int uverbs_free_counters(struct ib_uobject *uobject,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	counters->device->ops.destroy_counters(counters);
+	ret = counters->device->ops.destroy_counters(counters);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	kfree(counters);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/counters.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/counters.c
index 145f3cb40ccb..8d77fea0eb48 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/counters.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/counters.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int mlx5_ib_read_counters(struct ib_counters *counters,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void mlx5_ib_destroy_counters(struct ib_counters *counters)
+static int mlx5_ib_destroy_counters(struct ib_counters *counters)
 {
 	struct mlx5_ib_mcounters *mcounters = to_mcounters(counters);
 
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ static void mlx5_ib_destroy_counters(struct ib_counters *counters)
 	if (mcounters->hw_cntrs_hndl)
 		mlx5_fc_destroy(to_mdev(counters->device)->mdev,
 				mcounters->hw_cntrs_hndl);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int mlx5_ib_create_counters(struct ib_counters *counters,
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index 23209bca8c1b..29a36ec662b5 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -2498,7 +2498,7 @@ struct ib_device_ops {
 				   struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs);
 	int (*create_counters)(struct ib_counters *counters,
 			       struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs);
-	void (*destroy_counters)(struct ib_counters *counters);
+	int (*destroy_counters)(struct ib_counters *counters);
 	int (*read_counters)(struct ib_counters *counters,
 			     struct ib_counters_read_attr *counters_read_attr,
 			     struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs);