diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index a9d824a9cb05a6e265163fb74267123dee94001d..3fc7d18ac868b20520dc33b46e496981d430afe2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -3627,12 +3627,10 @@ static int mlx5e_setup_tc_mqprio(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 
 	err = mlx5e_safe_switch_channels(priv, &new_channels,
 					 mlx5e_num_channels_changed_ctx, NULL);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
 
-	priv->max_opened_tc = max_t(u8, priv->max_opened_tc,
-				    new_channels.params.num_tc);
 out:
+	priv->max_opened_tc = max_t(u8, priv->max_opened_tc,
+				    priv->channels.params.num_tc);
 	mutex_unlock(&priv->state_lock);
 	return err;
 }