diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
index d181645fd968ee79f10d46266fe1e8cfee1f1664..b1e8ac795f2edf7fbf9ad89d5b4891fa67b00ffd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
@@ -2363,6 +2363,7 @@ static void cleanup_egress_acls_root_ns(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 		cleanup_root_ns(steering->esw_egress_root_ns[i]);
 
 	kfree(steering->esw_egress_root_ns);
+	steering->esw_egress_root_ns = NULL;
 }
 
 static void cleanup_ingress_acls_root_ns(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
@@ -2377,6 +2378,7 @@ static void cleanup_ingress_acls_root_ns(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 		cleanup_root_ns(steering->esw_ingress_root_ns[i]);
 
 	kfree(steering->esw_ingress_root_ns);
+	steering->esw_ingress_root_ns = NULL;
 }
 
 void mlx5_cleanup_fs(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
@@ -2505,6 +2507,7 @@ static int init_egress_acls_root_ns(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
 		cleanup_root_ns(steering->esw_egress_root_ns[i]);
 	kfree(steering->esw_egress_root_ns);
+	steering->esw_egress_root_ns = NULL;
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -2532,6 +2535,7 @@ static int init_ingress_acls_root_ns(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
 		cleanup_root_ns(steering->esw_ingress_root_ns[i]);
 	kfree(steering->esw_ingress_root_ns);
+	steering->esw_ingress_root_ns = NULL;
 	return err;
 }