diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 4c6e3c26c1abb76ea9521985804a47131e0667aa..2022fa4a959850e929329b9c6c4255373339bc2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -1414,7 +1414,8 @@ mlx5e_tc_add_fdb_flow(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 		if (err)
 			goto err_out;
 
-		if (!attr->chain && esw_attr->int_port) {
+		if (!attr->chain && esw_attr->int_port &&
+		    attr->action & MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_FWD_DEST) {
 			/* If decap route device is internal port, change the
 			 * source vport value in reg_c0 back to uplink just in
 			 * case the rule performs goto chain > 0. If we have a miss