diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c
index 7e7c0c1019f6e388897507128c9e064223d00595..26e326fe503ceaba24bfbc75f0b5ee41da4b01cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ static void fec_set_block_stats(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 
 	MLX5_SET(ppcnt_reg, in, local_port, 1);
 	MLX5_SET(ppcnt_reg, in, grp, MLX5_PHYSICAL_LAYER_COUNTERS_GROUP);
-	if (mlx5_core_access_reg(mdev, in, sz, outl, sz, MLX5_REG_PPCNT, 0, 0))
+	if (mlx5_core_access_reg(mdev, in, sz, out, sz, MLX5_REG_PPCNT, 0, 0))
 		return;
 
 	switch (mode) {