diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
index cc76ceebd2084207d71252b6db970fcd5709950a..b628917e38e465b80334555da31b2c04cb395544 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
@@ -3083,6 +3083,11 @@ int mlx5_init_fs(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	steering->dev = dev;
 	dev->priv.steering = steering;
 
+	if (mlx5_fs_dr_is_supported(dev))
+		steering->mode = MLX5_FLOW_STEERING_MODE_SMFS;
+	else
+		steering->mode = MLX5_FLOW_STEERING_MODE_DMFS;
+
 	steering->fgs_cache = kmem_cache_create("mlx5_fs_fgs",
 						sizeof(struct mlx5_flow_group), 0,
 						0, NULL);