diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_acl_flex_actions.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_acl_flex_actions.c
index b9e2193848ddbdbdeb49b99e172304fd013eaea0..b0e58758352848be5880bd8073bd7bc84a3abfbc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_acl_flex_actions.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_acl_flex_actions.c
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ mlxsw_afa_trap_mirror_pack(char *payload, bool mirror_enable,
 	mlxsw_afa_trap_mirror_agent_set(payload, mirror_agent);
 }
 
-int mlxsw_afa_block_append_drop(struct mlxsw_afa_block *block)
+int mlxsw_afa_block_append_drop(struct mlxsw_afa_block *block, bool ingress)
 {
 	char *act = mlxsw_afa_block_append_action(block, MLXSW_AFA_TRAP_CODE,
 						  MLXSW_AFA_TRAP_SIZE);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_acl_flex_actions.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_acl_flex_actions.h
index 0e3a59dda12e398d203b75efd514f40815da3265..28b2576ea272dbf49ccd221b1d18a0cb8e7c1c8c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_acl_flex_actions.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_acl_flex_actions.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int mlxsw_afa_block_activity_get(struct mlxsw_afa_block *block, bool *activity);
 int mlxsw_afa_block_continue(struct mlxsw_afa_block *block);
 int mlxsw_afa_block_jump(struct mlxsw_afa_block *block, u16 group_id);
 int mlxsw_afa_block_terminate(struct mlxsw_afa_block *block);
-int mlxsw_afa_block_append_drop(struct mlxsw_afa_block *block);
+int mlxsw_afa_block_append_drop(struct mlxsw_afa_block *block, bool ingress);
 int mlxsw_afa_block_append_trap(struct mlxsw_afa_block *block, u16 trap_id);
 int mlxsw_afa_block_append_trap_and_forward(struct mlxsw_afa_block *block,
 					    u16 trap_id);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
index 4b34276c7e0d139cbbe0f9e79a75effb5323b79a..cb3ff8d021a4144ddfa0ebf0abd0516db2d87cdd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
@@ -725,7 +725,8 @@ int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_continue(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei);
 int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_jump(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei,
 				u16 group_id);
 int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_terminate(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei);
-int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_drop(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei);
+int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_drop(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei,
+				bool ingress);
 int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_trap(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei);
 int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_mirror(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 				  struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl.c
index b01fdfa22ffb052145ffae8de51f9c25ad4d3fe3..abd749adb0f58ea37d0b2e0e536e1bfe5a5319b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl.c
@@ -535,9 +535,10 @@ int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_terminate(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei)
 	return mlxsw_afa_block_terminate(rulei->act_block);
 }
 
-int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_drop(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei)
+int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_drop(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei,
+				bool ingress)
 {
-	return mlxsw_afa_block_append_drop(rulei->act_block);
+	return mlxsw_afa_block_append_drop(rulei->act_block, ingress);
 }
 
 int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_trap(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
index 2ca5314fa702bcfb0a880da0230947698c0e95da..17368ef8cee0be29006a3aad4ad89770d4472307 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_flower_parse_actions(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			}
 			ingress = mlxsw_sp_acl_block_is_ingress_bound(block);
-			err = mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_drop(rulei);
+			err = mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_drop(rulei, ingress);
 			if (err) {
 				NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Cannot append drop action");
 				return err;