diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 784130cdf6c0..8c0e812f13c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -3854,6 +3854,8 @@ int mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set(struct devlink *devlink, u16 mode,
 
 	if (mode == DEVLINK_ESWITCH_MODE_LEGACY)
 		esw->dev->priv.flags |= MLX5_PRIV_FLAGS_SWITCH_LEGACY;
+	if (mlx5_mode == MLX5_ESWITCH_OFFLOADS)
+		esw->dev->priv.flags &= ~MLX5_PRIV_FLAGS_SWITCH_LEGACY;
 	mlx5_eswitch_disable_locked(esw);
 	if (mode == DEVLINK_ESWITCH_MODE_SWITCHDEV) {
 		if (mlx5_devlink_trap_get_num_active(esw->dev)) {