diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
index 8b96f71332d8299a10f24f4db12acd7325ab5b2a..72d42cc3487ade227e2eb90fe7871fdf4eb1d1cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
@@ -2478,6 +2478,13 @@ static int init_fdb_root_ns(struct mlx5_flow_steering *steering)
 	if (!steering->fdb_sub_ns)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	maj_prio = fs_create_prio(&steering->fdb_root_ns->ns, FDB_BYPASS_PATH,
+				  1);
+	if (IS_ERR(maj_prio)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(maj_prio);
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
 	levels = 2 * FDB_MAX_PRIO * (FDB_MAX_CHAIN + 1);
 	maj_prio = fs_create_prio_chained(&steering->fdb_root_ns->ns,
 					  FDB_FAST_PATH,
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/fs.h b/include/linux/mlx5/fs.h
index 3eeb041543174fd57da7a7f8498b94a09644a9b7..fd91df3a4e095d5486f4cf90d6508c5708677f7b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/fs.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ enum mlx5_flow_namespace_type {
 };
 
 enum {
+	FDB_BYPASS_PATH,
 	FDB_FAST_PATH,
 	FDB_SLOW_PATH,
 };