diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 5f323442cc5ac009d5006438d93183e96b85d0d9..1292aecb09f257bbf4dd58b48dcfc8832d713212 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -552,6 +552,9 @@ static int handle_hca_cap(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 			 cache_line_128byte,
 			 cache_line_size() == 128 ? 1 : 0);
 
+	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN_MAX(dev, dct))
+		MLX5_SET(cmd_hca_cap, set_hca_cap, dct, 1);
+
 	err = set_caps(dev, set_ctx, set_sz,
 		       MLX5_SET_HCA_CAP_OP_MOD_GENERAL_DEVICE);