diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_ctcam.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_ctcam.c
index e3c6fe8b1d4065e0dd1ce60c8a817138e9e54f74..1dcf152b281384b4a5df06ca7407264f4e9275fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_ctcam.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_ctcam.c
@@ -75,7 +75,15 @@ mlxsw_sp_acl_ctcam_region_entry_insert(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 	act_set = mlxsw_afa_block_first_set(rulei->act_block);
 	mlxsw_reg_ptce2_flex_action_set_memcpy_to(ptce2_pl, act_set);
 
-	return mlxsw_reg_write(mlxsw_sp->core, MLXSW_REG(ptce2), ptce2_pl);
+	err = mlxsw_reg_write(mlxsw_sp->core, MLXSW_REG(ptce2), ptce2_pl);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_ptce2_write;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_ptce2_write:
+	cregion->ops->entry_remove(cregion, centry);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void