diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c
index 5d41e19378e0..c520edb942ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ void mlx5_lag_add_netdev(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
 	mlx5_ldev_add_netdev(ldev, dev, netdev);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ldev->ports; i++)
-		if (!ldev->pf[i].dev)
+		if (!ldev->pf[i].netdev)
 			break;
 
 	if (i >= ldev->ports)