diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 40416e0a8bb193f5d64ee4c26aca37126657fbac..e3fc15ae7bb106a055dad73466790accb04a6798 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -3410,7 +3410,7 @@ mlx5e_clone_flow_attr_for_post_act(struct mlx5_flow_attr *attr,
 	if (!attr2 || !parse_attr) {
 		kvfree(parse_attr);
 		kfree(attr2);
-		return attr2;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	memcpy(attr2, attr, attr_sz);