diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index b2e38e0cde976dd71534a0a70acc8397e7c188ea..94d6c91a8612d45fbac7c689e3382a855f0545a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -2377,9 +2377,9 @@ int esw_offloads_enable(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
 err_vports:
 	esw_offloads_unload_rep(esw, MLX5_VPORT_UPLINK);
 err_uplink:
-	esw_set_passing_vport_metadata(esw, false);
-err_steering_init:
 	esw_offloads_steering_cleanup(esw);
+err_steering_init:
+	esw_set_passing_vport_metadata(esw, false);
 err_vport_metadata:
 	mlx5_rdma_disable_roce(esw->dev);
 	mutex_destroy(&esw->offloads.termtbl_mutex);