diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index ed73132129aae8f0c81fedb2d42ff6637a3faca0..10b0b260f02bf41822d4e6436443b0d992d14525 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -427,7 +427,8 @@ esw_setup_vport_dest(struct mlx5_flow_destination *dest, struct mlx5_flow_act *f
 		dest[dest_idx].vport.vhca_id =
 			MLX5_CAP_GEN(esw_attr->dests[attr_idx].mdev, vhca_id);
 		dest[dest_idx].vport.flags |= MLX5_FLOW_DEST_VPORT_VHCA_ID;
-		if (mlx5_lag_mpesw_is_activated(esw->dev))
+		if (dest[dest_idx].vport.num == MLX5_VPORT_UPLINK &&
+		    mlx5_lag_mpesw_is_activated(esw->dev))
 			dest[dest_idx].type = MLX5_FLOW_DESTINATION_TYPE_UPLINK;
 	}
 	if (esw_attr->dests[attr_idx].flags & MLX5_ESW_DEST_ENCAP) {