diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c
index 4712bd6f9b..14a3b912cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c
@@ -2525,6 +2525,31 @@ mlx5_os_pci_probe_pf(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev,
 		}
 		restore = list[i].eth_dev->data->dev_flags;
 		rte_eth_copy_pci_info(list[i].eth_dev, pci_dev);
+		/**
+		 * Each representor has a dedicated interrupts vector.
+		 * rte_eth_copy_pci_info() assigns PF interrupts handle to
+		 * representor eth_dev object because representor and PF
+		 * share the same PCI address.
+		 * Override representor device with a dedicated
+		 * interrupts handle here.
+		 * Representor interrupts handle is released in mlx5_dev_stop().
+		 */
+		if (list[i].info.representor) {
+			struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle;
+			intr_handle = mlx5_malloc(MLX5_MEM_SYS | MLX5_MEM_ZERO,
+						  sizeof(*intr_handle), 0,
+						  SOCKET_ID_ANY);
+			if (!intr_handle) {
+				DRV_LOG(ERR,
+					"port %u failed to allocate memory for interrupt handler "
+					"Rx interrupts will not be supported",
+					i);
+				rte_errno = ENOMEM;
+				ret = -rte_errno;
+				goto exit;
+			}
+			list[i].eth_dev->intr_handle = intr_handle;
+		}
 		/* Restore non-PCI flags cleared by the above call. */
 		list[i].eth_dev->data->dev_flags |= restore;
 		rte_eth_dev_probing_finish(list[i].eth_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
index f68c7693c7..90990ffdc2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
@@ -1580,6 +1580,11 @@ mlx5_dev_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		priv->rxqs_n = 0;
 		priv->rxqs = NULL;
 	}
+	if (priv->representor) {
+		/* Each representor has a dedicated interrupts handler */
+		mlx5_free(dev->intr_handle);
+		dev->intr_handle = NULL;
+	}
 	if (priv->txqs != NULL) {
 		/* XXX race condition if mlx5_tx_burst() is still running. */
 		rte_delay_us_sleep(1000);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
index 49165f482e..abd8ce7989 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
@@ -834,9 +834,6 @@ mlx5_rx_intr_vec_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	unsigned int count = 0;
 	struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = dev->intr_handle;
 
-	/* Representor shares dev->intr_handle with PF. */
-	if (priv->representor)
-		return 0;
 	if (!dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.rxq)
 		return 0;
 	mlx5_rx_intr_vec_disable(dev);
@@ -917,9 +914,6 @@ mlx5_rx_intr_vec_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	unsigned int rxqs_n = priv->rxqs_n;
 	unsigned int n = RTE_MIN(rxqs_n, (uint32_t)RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID);
 
-	/* Representor shares dev->intr_handle with PF. */
-	if (priv->representor)
-		return;
 	if (!dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.rxq)
 		return;
 	if (!intr_handle->intr_vec)