diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
index 9b1855b199a1469e3b71ba4ff5ce7aa77c0ac86d..aebbd6ccb9fe29fb90d46518f854252236d35934 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ static void update_allmulti_vports(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 					esw_fdb_set_vport_rule(esw,
 							       mac,
 							       vport_idx);
+			iter_vaddr->mc_promisc = true;
 			break;
 		case MLX5_ACTION_DEL:
 			if (!iter_vaddr)