diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index c6f32c6b560fad3d84d09c5dee70213bb6a063da..2db34f7b5ced1b781569565ea50498309b2e72c5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -3307,10 +3307,6 @@ static struct mlx5_ib_flow_handler *_create_flow_rule(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 	}
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&handler->list);
-	if (dst) {
-		memcpy(&dest_arr[0], dst, sizeof(*dst));
-		dest_num++;
-	}
 
 	for (spec_index = 0; spec_index < flow_attr->num_of_specs; spec_index++) {
 		err = parse_flow_attr(dev->mdev, spec->match_criteria,
@@ -3324,6 +3320,11 @@ static struct mlx5_ib_flow_handler *_create_flow_rule(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 		ib_flow += ((union ib_flow_spec *)ib_flow)->size;
 	}
 
+	if (dst && !(flow_act.action & MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_DROP)) {
+		memcpy(&dest_arr[0], dst, sizeof(*dst));
+		dest_num++;
+	}
+
 	if (!flow_is_multicast_only(flow_attr))
 		set_underlay_qp(dev, spec, underlay_qpn);
 
@@ -3361,10 +3362,8 @@ static struct mlx5_ib_flow_handler *_create_flow_rule(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 	}
 
 	if (flow_act.action & MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_DROP) {
-		if (!(flow_act.action & MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_COUNT)) {
+		if (!dest_num)
 			rule_dst = NULL;
-			dest_num = 0;
-		}
 	} else {
 		if (is_egress)
 			flow_act.action |= MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_ALLOW;