diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 2a98375a0abf88af461e438ca75a3f1d51e3f6ab..d766a64b18234ea810e1e268991fedfb2d5cbbe3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -869,7 +869,8 @@ mlx5_eswitch_add_send_to_vport_rule(struct mlx5_eswitch *on_esw,
 	dest.vport.flags |= MLX5_FLOW_DEST_VPORT_VHCA_ID;
 	flow_act.action = MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_FWD_DEST;
 
-	if (rep->vport == MLX5_VPORT_UPLINK)
+	if (MLX5_CAP_ESW_FLOWTABLE(on_esw->dev, flow_source) &&
+	    rep->vport == MLX5_VPORT_UPLINK)
 		spec->flow_context.flow_source = MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_FLOW_SOURCE_LOCAL_VPORT;
 
 	flow_rule = mlx5_add_flow_rules(mlx5_eswitch_get_slow_fdb(on_esw),