diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
index 4536ef76efc2e122810b649318bb8d75b2e30f58..fe44de448a79e6bccc171210d3b6f9b577237a6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
@@ -2369,6 +2369,7 @@ static void cleanup_egress_acls_root_ns(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 		cleanup_root_ns(steering->esw_egress_root_ns[i]);
 
 	kfree(steering->esw_egress_root_ns);
+	steering->esw_egress_root_ns = NULL;
 }
 
 static void cleanup_ingress_acls_root_ns(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
@@ -2383,6 +2384,7 @@ static void cleanup_ingress_acls_root_ns(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 		cleanup_root_ns(steering->esw_ingress_root_ns[i]);
 
 	kfree(steering->esw_ingress_root_ns);
+	steering->esw_ingress_root_ns = NULL;
 }
 
 void mlx5_cleanup_fs(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
@@ -2511,6 +2513,7 @@ static int init_egress_acls_root_ns(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
 		cleanup_root_ns(steering->esw_egress_root_ns[i]);
 	kfree(steering->esw_egress_root_ns);
+	steering->esw_egress_root_ns = NULL;
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -2538,6 +2541,7 @@ static int init_ingress_acls_root_ns(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
 		cleanup_root_ns(steering->esw_ingress_root_ns[i]);
 	kfree(steering->esw_ingress_root_ns);
+	steering->esw_ingress_root_ns = NULL;
 	return err;
 }