diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
index 19edaa155062b4e87939ce9aed4e9f9623432d88..01bf4e3c8afae40a060c28b1ef5095a09ea6599a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static void mlx5e_sqs2vport_stop(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 		return;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(esw_sq, tmp, &rep->vport_sqs_list, list) {
-		mlx5_del_flow_rules(esw_sq->send_to_vport_rule);
+		mlx5_eswitch_del_send_to_vport_rule(esw_sq->send_to_vport_rule);
 		list_del(&esw_sq->list);
 		kfree(esw_sq);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
index 21b506fd2b67610348ef4c3a42919d6055b350fc..9ed40122522523af551004f5b312d4a33166ce36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ int mlx5_eswitch_get_vport_stats(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 struct mlx5_flow_handle *
 mlx5_eswitch_add_send_to_vport_rule(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, int vport,
 				    u32 sqn);
+void mlx5_eswitch_del_send_to_vport_rule(struct mlx5_flow_handle *rule);
 
 struct mlx5_flow_spec;
 struct mlx5_esw_flow_attr;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 90a30c51d92e6188790f381c0b985f0acb281650..121609b823c6ea5c95dab3e3665ee399634644c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -339,6 +339,11 @@ mlx5_eswitch_add_send_to_vport_rule(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, int vport, u32 sqn
 	return flow_rule;
 }
 
+void mlx5_eswitch_del_send_to_vport_rule(struct mlx5_flow_handle *rule)
+{
+	mlx5_del_flow_rules(rule);
+}
+
 static int esw_add_fdb_miss_rule(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
 {
 	struct mlx5_flow_act flow_act = {0};