kfree(mlxsw_sp->span.entries);
 }
 
+static int
+mlxsw_sp_span_entry_configure(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
+                             struct mlxsw_sp_span_entry *span_entry,
+                             u8 local_port)
+{
+       char mpat_pl[MLXSW_REG_MPAT_LEN];
+       int pa_id = span_entry->id;
+
+       /* Create a new port analayzer entry for local_port. */
+       mlxsw_reg_mpat_pack(mpat_pl, pa_id, local_port, true,
+                           MLXSW_REG_MPAT_SPAN_TYPE_LOCAL_ETH);
+       return mlxsw_reg_write(mlxsw_sp->core, MLXSW_REG(mpat), mpat_pl);
+}
+
+static void
+mlxsw_sp_span_entry_deconfigure(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
+                               struct mlxsw_sp_span_entry *span_entry)
+{
+       u8 local_port = span_entry->local_port;
+       char mpat_pl[MLXSW_REG_MPAT_LEN];
+       int pa_id = span_entry->id;
+
+       mlxsw_reg_mpat_pack(mpat_pl, pa_id, local_port, false,
+                           MLXSW_REG_MPAT_SPAN_TYPE_LOCAL_ETH);
+       mlxsw_reg_write(mlxsw_sp->core, MLXSW_REG(mpat), mpat_pl);
+}
+
 static struct mlxsw_sp_span_entry *
 mlxsw_sp_span_entry_create(struct mlxsw_sp_port *port)
 {
        struct mlxsw_sp_span_entry *span_entry = NULL;
        struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp = port->mlxsw_sp;
-       char mpat_pl[MLXSW_REG_MPAT_LEN];
        u8 local_port = port->local_port;
        int i;
-       int err;
 
        /* find a free entry to use */
        for (i = 0; i < mlxsw_sp->span.entries_count; i++) {
        if (!span_entry)
                return NULL;
 
-       /* create a new port analayzer entry for local_port */
-       mlxsw_reg_mpat_pack(mpat_pl, span_entry->id, local_port, true,
-                           MLXSW_REG_MPAT_SPAN_TYPE_LOCAL_ETH);
-       err = mlxsw_reg_write(mlxsw_sp->core, MLXSW_REG(mpat), mpat_pl);
-       if (err)
+       if (mlxsw_sp_span_entry_configure(mlxsw_sp, span_entry, local_port))
                return NULL;
 
        span_entry->ref_count = 1;
 static void mlxsw_sp_span_entry_destroy(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
                                        struct mlxsw_sp_span_entry *span_entry)
 {
-       u8 local_port = span_entry->local_port;
-       char mpat_pl[MLXSW_REG_MPAT_LEN];
-       int pa_id = span_entry->id;
-
-       mlxsw_reg_mpat_pack(mpat_pl, pa_id, local_port, false,
-                           MLXSW_REG_MPAT_SPAN_TYPE_LOCAL_ETH);
-       mlxsw_reg_write(mlxsw_sp->core, MLXSW_REG(mpat), mpat_pl);
+       mlxsw_sp_span_entry_deconfigure(mlxsw_sp, span_entry);
 }
 
 struct mlxsw_sp_span_entry *