diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
index b79d74860a304669eb4e05cf03fa0a267213926a..dd01ad4c0b547dc989d3cb8ca1749533114dc288 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
@@ -2216,6 +2216,6 @@ int mlx5_eswitch_get_vport_stats(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 
 u8 mlx5_eswitch_mode(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
 {
-	return esw->mode;
+	return ESW_ALLOWED(esw) ? esw->mode : SRIOV_NONE;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mlx5_eswitch_mode);